Overview
- The team said Thursday that Gordon will be re-evaluated in four to six weeks after straining his right hamstring, confirming earlier reporting from ESPN’s Shams Charania that he is expected to miss at least a month.
- Gordon re-aggravated the same hamstring on Jan. 23 at Milwaukee after previously missing roughly six weeks following a late-November strain.
- In 23 games, Gordon is averaging 17.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists on 50.9% shooting, and Denver is 17–6 when he plays versus 14–10 without him.
- Denver is 31–16 and has stayed competitive despite multiple absences, but Gordon’s setback extends a stretch in which several starters have been sidelined.
- Jokic, out with a left knee bone bruise, is expected to be re-evaluated next week, and the Nuggets are 9–5 since he went out as they try to hold their No. 3 seed.