The Denver Nuggets have two goals this postseason: Win games and keep star center Nikola Jokic healthy. They've been successful on both ends thus far, but the latter is definitely becoming a concern.
Jokic has been a target for physical play throughout the playoffs, and the Oklahoma City Thunder have leaned in to that strategy. Following Oklahoma City's 149-106 win over the Nuggets on Wednesday, Denver star Aaron Gordon called out the Thunder's physical play on Jokic and asked officials to stop missing calls on the Nuggets' star.
Gordon's full quote read:
"If they're going to let them push him and shove him or put two hands on him, root him out, the knees, elbows, and all types of stuff they're doing to him that's not necessarily legal, there's not much that you can do.