With less than two minutes to play in the fourth quarter, Oklahoma City's Chet Holmgren stripped the ball away from Denver's Aaron Gordon. Gordon chased it, but Alex Caruso dove to secure possession. He tried to pass it, but Gordon kicked the pass. However, afterward, he grabbed at his hamstring and seemed to be in a fair bit of pain.

Aaron Gordon’s 2024-25 season has been an emotional slingshot between physical highs and lows with the Nuggets.

With their backs against the wall on Thursday, the Denver Nuggets took it to the Oklahoma City Thunder, fueled by a two-way second-half that saw the team win by