Aaron Gordon identified one way in which his team could have been better suited to knock off the No. 1 seed during his postgame commentary and it bucked the conventional wisdom that the NBA playoffs are too spaced out.

And then, on Sunday, Aaron Gordon played through a hamstring injury as the Denver Nuggets were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gordon suffered that injury on Thursday night in Game 6. He played again roughly 60 hours later on Sunday afternoon.

Aaron Gordon emphasized that giving players more time to recover between games could be the key to delivering even better, more thrilling playoff performances.