Aaron Gordon may have never won a dunk contest at All-Star Weekend, but he's delivering some perfect-50 efforts in Game 5 against the Timberwolves.
Aaron Gordon tips it to himself on the break and drops the hammer
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DEN seeks a 3-2 series lead on TNT pic.twitter.com/1J9JgElACX
The Nuggets forward scored only six points in the first half, but he did it in style, scoring one dunk on a one-man fast break. He got another one off one of Nikola Jokic's eight first-half assists.
Jokic dime ➡️ Gordon slam!
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DEN seeks a 3-2 series lead on TNT pic.twitter.com/Hcv5EfCVxW
Gordon committed two fouls in the game's first four minutes, which relegated him to the bench for much of the first quarter. That foul trouble didn't seem to affect his aggressiveness, though. If anything, it increased it, as Gordon drew two charges on Karl-Anthony Towns and Naz Reid in the first minutes of the second quarter.
Did he slow down in the second half? Not at all. Gordon grabbed three offensive rebounds in a single offensive possession before scoring on a tip shot, then Jokic found him for, you guessed it, another dunk.
That Joker-Gordon connection
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DEN leads in the 3Q of Game 5 on TNT pic.twitter.com/Ribd1JSRpo
Gordon still hasn't scored more than a foot away from the basket, but if the Nuggets keep getting a dunk exhibition from him, they'll take it.
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