Duvalier Johnson

When he tries to play a little bit harder, it goes straight to that.

So now when he does return, it's still the same thing of, like, how hard do I go?

And you want you guys playing –

as hard as he can.

That's what makes him so special of a player is, like, he plays hard the entire time.

He is so physical.

And now this is another injury that he keeps happening because it's the same one where you don't want him to just continue to be cautious out there.

So it does.

It's very unfortunate right now.

And also with how injury-prone the Nuggets have looked this entire season,

You don't have many bodies, you know?

So, like, no one, you think about, like, the four, you know, going through four rounds, if you win the championship, you want everybody to be at their best, and they just have not looked like they could stay healthy.

I have a question for you, Adam.

Do you feel like him getting hurt in this game or just like right now, say that he does have to miss until the All-Star break or just sit him down for a bit, do you think that that puts any added pressure on him

the Nuggets organization to go and get somebody?

And also, do you think that that makes the timeline faster for them to try to make something happen with Spencer Jones?

Yeah.

David Adelman said Aaron Gordon is optimistic that the hamstring strain is not as bad, but they won't know for sure until they get it fully evaluated.

Adelman said nobody made a mistake in having Gordon play.

They did the stress test and believe based on the results he was good.