How confident were the Nuggets that Aaron Gordon’s dunk was out of his hands before the buzzer? Depends who you ask.

Aaron Gordon has brought the Denver Nuggets first-round series to a 2-2 tie. Gordon scored a buzzer-beating dunk after a missed Nikola Jokić shot to give Denver a 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers and tie the series.

Nikola Jokic had the ball in his hands with the chance to even up the series against the Clippers: Eight seconds left, score tied 99-99, and he was isolated on Ivica Zubac. Jokic spun for position, put up a shot,