{"id":26574,"date":"2025-05-12T03:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/26574\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T03:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:54:19","slug":"nikola-jokics-struggles-aaron-gordons-heroics-game-4-dud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/26574\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic&#8217;s struggles, Aaron Gordon&#8217;s heroics, Game 4 dud"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene after Denver\u2019s Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Among the topics discussed:<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 reactions: The worst first quarter in the history of baskets or balls? Yes.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s to blame for the poor start? Tired legs? The 36-hour crunch between games? Both?<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s wrong with Nikola Jokic? Another tough outing has some wondering if the arm sleeve is thinly concealing a nagging injury. The 3-point and free throw lines weigh in.<br \/>\nConversely, has anyone done more to elevate their stock than Aaron Gordon in these NBA Playoffs? Could the Nuggets ever consider trading a player who\u2019s cemented his status as one of the most beloved players on the team?<br \/>\nWhat do the Nuggets need to do to survive the Thunder and advance to the Western Conference Finals?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/nuggetspodcast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nuggets-ink\/id1340404621?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6GeKxePNZXCJHbrE4yTe2k?si=l6SFF4xuQx6LeH23tLc5_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLSIh8dZJvvLVwk1sx7rIkhBvrxlxq8JUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube Music<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:287723305\/sounds.rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Producer: AAron Ontiveroz<br \/>Music: \u201cThe Last Dragons\u201d by Schama Noel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Want more Nuggets news? Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[877,7,301,187,3943,165,252,6,253,302,5890,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-26574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-aaron-gordon","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-nuggets","12":"tag-denvernuggets","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-more-nuggets-news","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nikola-jokic","17":"tag-nuggets","18":"tag-nuggets-ink-podcast","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114492844518860687","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}