Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic urged his star teammate, Aaron Gordon, to sit out Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has a strained left hamstring and his availability is in doubt for Game 7 against the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Sunday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Denver kept its championship hopes alive with a Game 6 home win over the Thunder, 119-107. Nikola Jokic recorded 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists in the win, while Jamal Murray added 25 points and Christian Braun 23. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his first back-to-back 30-plus point games since Games 1 and 2 of the series.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are heading to a do-or-die Game 7. The Thunder, the top seed in the Western Conference, could have punched their ticket to the conference finals of the 2025 NBA playoffs on Thursday night in Denver,

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Unfortunately, late in the fourth quarter of the win, Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon went down with an injury. Gordon was going after a loose ball and came up limping. With just und