Dave DuFour

because they were clearly going after the size advantage that the Nuggets had.

Aaron Gordon looked amazing.

For as bad as maybe his rhythm looked on Friday, he looked like he was the guy right before he got hurt.

Remember how it felt like he couldn't miss a shot for about a month there?

Yep.

That's scary if this is just who he is, if he's just right back to that.

Well, he only had six shots in the first half, right?

It was one of those classic... I don't even want to say it's a rope-a-dope, because sometimes this is just how he paces himself.

And he'll he'll look almost disengaged offensively outside of making passes.

And then he comes out of the gate in the third and he's just this giant load.

You know, like we've talked about this quite a bit with Jokic.

You want him to try to do that for four quarters.

Maybe it's just not sustainable.

But I mean, it just feels like it makes it tougher when he's not engaged in the first half of games.

they're going to be getting Peyton Watson back at some point.

I'm still trying to figure out when cam Johnson is going to be good with the rest of the starting lineup.

Like that's, is that going to happen?

Maybe not.

I don't know.

I don't know.