Aaron Gordon out, Jokic and Murray on injury report ahead of key OKC game
Mar 10, 2025, 12:53 PM | Updated: 12:53 pm
The Denver Nuggets will not be whole when they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder for the second day in a row on Monday, they’ll go to battle without Aaron Gordon and possibly more key players.
Gordon is listed as out on the NBA’s official injury report with a right calf injury and left ankle sprain. Gordon came back on Friday after missing three games with an ankle injury. He left Sunday’s game in the first quarter and did not return with a calf issue, a part of his body that has plagued him all season. Gordon has been limited to 38 of Denver’s 64 games this season, missing two extended chunks of the year with a calf strain. He admitted to media members at his locker after Friday’s win that he wasn’t feeling great.
Gordon is key for the Nuggets, arguably the team’s best defender and finisher; he provides size and spacing. When Gordon starts and plays more than 10 minutes, Denver is 18-9—not shocking, given he transformed the team into a contender the moment he was moved from the Magic.
On the season, Gordon is scoring 13 points, grabbing five rebounds and tossing three assists a game while shooting a career-best 44% from three.
The Nuggets other top shooter by percentage, Nikola Jokic, may also miss Monday’s game—listed as questionable with an ankle issue he’s had for a week plus an elbow bruise he picked up on Sunday. The three-time MVP is chasing a fourth, and his main competition is leading the West’s best Thunder—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
SGA’s Canadian brother and Jokic’s dance partner, Jamal Murray, may also miss the Monday meeting, listed as questionable with a left knee problem.
The Nuggets were listed as -11.5-point underdogs for the fourth and final game of this series after the injury news came out. OKC has taken two of the three games this season—after the two teams tied in the standings last year at 57, but the No. 1 seed was given to the Thunder for winning the head-to-head.
The Nuggets are tied with the Lakers for the No. 2 spot in the West, 12 games back of the Thunder and one game up on fourth-place Memphis.
