Aaron Gordon was sitting in the Denver Nuggets ' locker room with ice wrapped around his knees, watching the Golden State Warriors play the Houston Rockets, when something flashed across the screen: It was his face, with ABC announcing that Gordon had just made the first buzzer-beating dunk in playoff history.

A dramatic, historic buzzer-beating dunk by Aaron Gordon sparked wild celebrations on Saturday night as the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 101-99 to tie their playoff first round series 2-2.

However, the Nuggets had Aaron Gordon saving the game — and perhaps their season. That theme about depth — the Clippers have it, the Nuggets do not — is going to be a main one the rest of this series.