Could 11, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Nuggets ahead Aaron Gordon (32) makes an attempt a shot within the third quarter in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder throughout recreation 4 of the second spherical of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Ball Area. Necessary Credit score: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Photos Denver Nuggets ahead Aaron Gordon was listed on the morning harm report as questionable for Sport 7 of the Western Convention semifinals Sunday afternoon in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
ESPN reported, nonetheless, that Gordon is unlikely to play within the highway recreation.
Per ESPN, Gordon has a Grade 2 hamstring pressure and desires “a number of weeks” for restoration. He left Sport 6 on Thursday late within the fourth quarter with the harm.
Gordon, 29, is in his fifth season with the Nuggets and was a key participant on their 2022-23 NBA championship crew.
In 13 playoff video games this season, he’s averaging 16.8 factors, 7.3 rebounds and a pair of.9 assists over 38.2 minutes per recreation.
He was restricted to 51 video games within the common season because of a strained proper calf and a sprained left ankle.
After Gordon went by way of a walkthrough on Saturday in Denver, interim coach David Adelman stated no choices had been made about his availability.
“I am certain the hoops (to leap by way of) are in all probability smaller as a result of the sport’s coming so rapidly,” he stated. “It is not a factor the place he has three weeks to undergo it. So it is going to be in all probability his comfortability, together with the medical workers’s recommendation on what he can and might’t do.
“If they are saying he is obtainable, he’ll begin.”
The ESPN report put that unsure.
Gordon has hit two game-winners this postseason: a dunk in Sport 4 of the opening spherical in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers and a 3-pointer within the closing seconds to win Sport 1 in opposition to the top-seeded Thunder. His 3-pointer with 27 seconds left in regulation of Sport 3 in opposition to Oklahoma Metropolis despatched the fourth-seeded Nuggets to extra time — a recreation they went on to win 113-104.
The winner of Sport 7 may have home-court benefit in opposition to the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves within the Western Convention finals, which start Tuesday.
Nuggets guards Jamal Murray (sickness) and Russell Westbrook (proper hand sprain) are listed as possible.
–Area Degree Media
