The Denver Nuggets took on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Game 7 of the Western conference finals at the Paycom Center on Sunday. A lot of the buzz before the game was about Nuggets star Aaron Gordon who heroically decided to play despite nursing a Grade 2 hamstring strain.

The Nuggets got off to a hot start on the back of Aaron Gordon who tallied 5 rebounds before sitting in the first and Christian Braun who quickly scored 9 points.

The Nuggets quickly got off to a double digit lead but the Thunder pushed the pace on defense and in transitions to cut the lead to 5 points by the end of the first quarter.