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Brendan Vogt: Christian Braun has been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow night’s game in Detroit. Aaron Gordon and Cam Johnson are still out.
Brandon Rahbar: Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are good to go tonight vs OKC. Thunder missing Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso and Ajay Mitchell. Nuggets missing Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and Cam Johnson. Neither team is close to full strength. But both teams have an MVP and 1st time All Star.
But after the Nets had rallied from a 19-point deficit to take a 94-92 lead, they coughed up an 8-0 Nuggets run and never recovered. “There was a little motivation,” Michael Porter Jr. said. “We should’ve pulled it out, though. I felt like I missed a couple shots I should’ve made down the stretch.” It was only because of Porter’s big night that the Nets (12-34) were in it down the stretch. Jamal Murray (27 points) hit two free throws to put Brooklyn in a 62-43 hole against a Nuggets team playing sans Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon.
Shams Charania: Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon will be re-evaluated in four to six weeks with a right hamstring strain, sources tell ESPN. Gordon re-aggravated the previous hamstring injury he sustained in late November.
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Vinny Benedetto: Aaron Gordon is out for tomorrow’s game in Memphis with a right hamstring strain. Nikola Jokic, Christian Braun and Cam Johnson remain out. Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson and Jonas Valanciunas are questionable again.
Missing most of the same players who sat out that overtime upset of the 76ers earlier this month, Denver pulled off another short-handed heist Friday with a 102-100 win over the Bucks. Six rotation players were out at opening tip. Seven were sidelined by the final buzzer. Aaron Gordon reinjured his right hamstring late in the first half, the latest blow to a Nuggets team that has been inching closer to full health. Gordon was the only regular starter who suited up for the second game of a back-to-back after a win Thursday in Washington. He reached for his right hamstring while bringing the ball up the floor near the end of the half. A team spokesperson said he suffered a hamstring strain and was questionable to return coming out of the break. He was ruled out officially after the third quarter. “I feel for him,” coach David Adelman said. “He’s optimistic it’s not as bad as it was, the last one. But we won’t know until we get it actually tested.”
Gordon is facing a lengthy trend of soft tissue injuries. He navigated a calf strain for much of the 2024-25 regular season. He also suffered a left hamstring strain during Game 6 of Denver’s second-round playoff series against Oklahoma City and attempted to play through it in Game 7. “Some guys, it’s just something that they deal with,” Adelman said, pleading the Fifth on account of not being a doctor when asked if Denver will have to change its approach to back-to-backs with Gordon going forward. He had vouched for himself after the win in Washington. “I feel good,” he said. “Better than I’ve felt in a long time.”
Vinny Benedetto: Aaron Gordon is good to go. Jamal Murray, Jonas Valanciunas and Peyton Watson are out tonight, the Nuggets announce.
Vinny Benedetto: Jonas Valanciunas is available to make his return tonight in Washington. Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and Tim Hardaway Jr. are also available.
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Dave McMenamin: Nuggets coach David Adelman says Murray and Hardaway are probable tonight. Gordon sounds more like a gametime decision. No Joker, Valanciunas or Braun.
Bennett Durando: Aaron Gordon now ruled out. He played 32 minutes last night, which was more than Nuggets wanted to run him in the first game of back-to-back.
The Nuggets have downgraded Aaron Gordon (right hamstring strain) to questionable for Sunday’s game against Charlotte. Jamal Murray (left ankle sprain / illness) and Bruce Brown (right knee inflammation) are probable.