Denver Nuggets energy ahead Aaron Gordon was identified with a left hamstring pressure, and his standing is doubtful for Sunday’s Sport 7 in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, sources instructed ESPN on Friday.
Gordon exited Thursday’s series-extending Sport 6 win late within the fourth quarter after grabbing his hamstring.
Gordon, a vital a part of the core of Denver’s staff that received the 2022-23 title, has been a drive in the course of the Nuggets’ run this postseason. He’s averaging profession playoff highs of 16.8 factors and seven.3 rebounds and has made a number of clutch performs.
The Nuggets are 5-0 this postseason when Gordon scores at the least 20 factors, and his seven assists in Sport 6 are tied for essentially the most in any sport of his playoff profession.
Gordon has hit a pair of profitable photographs this postseason — a buzzer-beating putback dunk in Sport 4 in opposition to the LA Clippers and a 3-pointer with three seconds left in Sport 1 in opposition to the Thunder. He additionally made a 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining in regulation that compelled time beyond regulation within the Nuggets’ Sport 3 victory over Oklahoma Metropolis.
Accidents restricted Gordon, 29, to solely 51 video games in the course of the common season. He sat out two prolonged stretches due to a proper calf pressure that Gordon is managing.
