Overview
- Gordon aggravated his right hamstring in the second quarter of Denver’s 102–100 victory in Milwaukee and did not return.
- Head coach David Adelman said Gordon feels optimistic the setback is milder than November’s strain, with imaging to determine a timeline.
- Gordon played 34 minutes the previous night on a back‑to‑back, which Adelman defended by citing the medical staff’s stress‑test evaluation.
- Denver remains short on personnel with injuries to Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Cameron Johnson and Peyton Watson, though Jonas Valanciunas recently came back from a calf strain.
- With stars sidelined, Julian Strawther scored 20 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 17 and Bruce Brown had 15 to secure the road win.