Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ 118-113 loss in Game 3 to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of their Western Conference playoff series:
Gordon steps up. It appears that all that talk about Aaron Gordon’s lack of physicality finally lit a spark under the Nuggets forward. Gordon provided Ball Arena its biggest roar of the night, midway into the third quarter, with hammer dunks on consecutive possessions to give Denver an 80-75 lead. His first bucket of the game was on the receiving end of a slick alley-oop from Monte Morris.