{"id":433923,"date":"2026-01-24T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433923\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:00:16","slug":"nuggets-gordon-exits-game-vs-bucks-with-hamstring-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433923\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets&#8217; Gordon exits game vs. Bucks with hamstring injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769238016_467_collier_jamal.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jamal CollierJan 24, 2026, 03:45 PM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Jamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and the Midwest region of the NBA, including stories such as Minnesota&#8217;s iconic jersey swap between Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson. He has been at ESPN since Sept. 2021 and previously covered the Bulls for the Chicago Tribune. You can reach out to Jamal on Twitter @JamalCollier or via email Jamal.Collier@espn.com.<\/p>\n<p>MILWAUKEE &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-nuggets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuggets<\/a> forward <a data-player-guid=\"d6c22a9f-fbe3-1566-e175-c86137d057a5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3064290\/aaron-gordon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Gordon<\/a> injured his hamstring near the end of the second quarter and did not return for the second half of Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401810495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">102-100 win<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mil\/milwaukee-bucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon scored 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting with six rebounds and three assists in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced right after halftime that Gordon was questionable to return. Denver outscored Milwaukee 30-21 in the third quarter to open up a 15-point advantage by the end of the period, and Gordon remained on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon missed more than a month earlier this season with a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets were already missing several key rotation players Friday, including <a data-player-guid=\"22f57511-06ae-1587-f01b-33965365ce0d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3112335\/nikola-jokic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Jokic<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"153b92a9-8489-74e3-c524-6527eb991e84\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3936299\/jamal-murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamal Murray<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"44c766da-e62b-549a-0575-18b1efc537a1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4431767\/christian-braun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Braun<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"585a3d05-447b-8a2f-bfed-56049d1c04ba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6477\/jonas-valanciunas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonas Valanciunas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamal CollierJan 24, 2026, 03:45 PM CloseJamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. 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