How confident were the Nuggets that Aaron Gordon’s dunk was out of his hands before the buzzer? Depends who you ask.

However, the Nuggets had Aaron Gordon saving the game — and perhaps their season. That theme about depth — the Clippers have it, the Nuggets do not — is going to be a main one the rest of this series.

It was the dunk heard around the world as Denver forward Aaron Gordon got a quite literal last-second dunk to give the Nuggets a thrilling 101-99 victory and tie the playoff serie