Nuggets' Aaron Gordon to play despite hamstring strain

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Denver Nuggets power forward Aaron Gordon has been cleared to play in Sunday's Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder and is in the starting lineup despite a left hamstring strain.

The Nuggets announced Gordon's status about 35 minutes before tipoff following his individual warmup. He did not make any explosive movements during that session.

Sources told ESPN's Shams Charania that it is a Grade 2 strain, an injury that typically requires at least a month of recovery. Gordon sustained the injury late in the fourth quarter of Thursday's Game 6 win.

Gordon suffered the injury late in Thursday's series-extending Game 6 win. He was officially listed as questionable to…