Led by ‘Mr. Nugget,’ Denver shows it won’t go down quietly against the Thunder. Tony Jones, The Athletic Aaron Gordon came up with the game-winning 3-pointer in Game 1 of the West semis vs. OKC.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The game-winning play that turned the NBA world on its ear Monday night required a sequence of events by Aaron Gordon that would have resulted in a Denver Nuggets loss had just one ...