Nikola Jokic looked quite human in the 43-point deficit, which absolutely cannot be blamed on officiating. But his teammate Aaron Gordon had some thoughts on the way the Nuggets star has been treated.

Aaron Gordon embraced dirty work and a cerebral reexamination of basketball, enlightened by Nikola Jokic. His gratitude for that transformation was so immense that he once bought Jokic a massive

That is how Aaron Gordon reacted to Nikola Jokic fouling out in the third period for the first time in his career. That it came in Game 2 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the top-seeded Thunder made it even more exasperating.