Two calendar years removed from winning an NBA championship, this iteration of the Denver Nuggets might be toast.Their 2024-25 regular season record of 50-32 was a relatively significant step back from the previous season’s 57-25.

During the series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, four Nuggets players logged over 35 minutes per game, with two players exceeding 40 minutes. In contrast, the Thunder, one of the deepest teams in the league,

The Nuggets were not passengers on this ride. They were chaperones. Gordon, on one good leg that would have forced him to miss most or all of the next series, was Denver’s third-best player.