A slam dunk champion won't be remembered, but a slam dunk lore definitely can

In the first round of the series, Gordon missed a crucial dunk in Game 2, which ultimately led to the Nuggets losing. Then in the fourth game, Gordon dunked the most important dunk in his life, and the ups and downs of life are so exciting.

In fact, just looking at this game, Gordon can definitely be called a big ups and downs, and the Nuggets' game trend is also up and down. In the first half, the Nuggets had a narrow lead over the Clippers, and a deliberate foul by Braun on Harden before the end of the first half was a bit big, triggering a conflict between the two sides.

Harden and Braun pushed the bull, Jokic came up to intensify the conflict, Harden pushed Jokic, Gordon rushed up and directly escalated the conflict, Harden and Gordon pushed each other, Gordon lost his temper and wanted to rush up, but at this time the person who pulled the fight had already come up.

Gordon waved his fist and tried to rush up, but Zubac was firmly embraced, which was really a bit like Stewart chasing James in the first place. In the end, the referee let Gordon go, and each side was whistled for three technical fouls and hit fifty boards each. Unrealising it at the time, the decision ultimately changed the game.

Jokic still averaged a triple-double of 26 points per game in the first three games of the series, which is the top for any player, but you might even think that Jokic has a lot of room to rise, and he can get a little stronger, like today.

In the third quarter of the game, the Clippers collapsed, and Jokic blew up all the alignments. Earlier, Tyronn Lue used Simmons to top Jokic's way of eating a horse race, but a player like Jokic can't be limited by Simmons all the time.

In the third quarter, the Nuggets scored 18 points in a single quarter, Jokic scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists alone, and the Clippers scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in this quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets led the Clippers by 22 points at one point, is that the end of the game? Far from it.

The Clippers finally showed the defensive intensity they had lost, and with Jokic hitting a fitness bottleneck, the Clippers began to chase down the points step by step. With a steady mid-range and basket output, Harden found the firepower, and Powell hit a golden three-pointer. In the final moments, you can even see Bogdan steal an offensive rebound on Jokic's head and score a basket as the Clippers miraculously overtook the Nuggets.

But Jokic is still Jokic, and although Alexander is basically the MVP of this season, the number one in the world still belongs to Jokic. At the last moment, Jokic continued to single Zubac in the low post, and one statistic you need to know is:

In the first three games of the series, the Nuggets scored just 19 points in the 33 rounds in which Jokic tried to beat Zubac in the heads-up or low post. In those 33 rounds, the Clippers caught once. The Clippers still let Zubac defend himself alone today, and Zubac didn't defend badly.

In the end, Jokic hit Zubac for four consecutive rounds, the first time Zubac caused Jokic to foul offensively, and the second time Jokic went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, by which time Jokic had played 43 minutes. The third time Jokic made an extremely difficult step-back mid-range, and the epic shooting touch was once again on display, and the Nuggets took a two-point lead. But back in the day, Zubac made up for the basket and the two sides were tied again.

In the final round of the game, Jokic did not give Murray, who was 5-of-17 from the field, and chose to single Zubac again. He didn't go to the low post, but chose to turn around and shoot a difficult three-pointer, the small card had already pounced on the bag, and Jokic's shot was also ridiculously off.

But at this moment, in a corner that no one noticed, Gordon stood in the position he knew best, watching the movement of the ball at any time. Note that the Clippers' basket is standing with Harden and Powell at this time, the two tallest people on the court are on the outside to save Jokic, and Tyronn Lue sent Bogdan, Harden, and Powell three guards in the defensive round.

Jokic threw a three-pointer, Gordon took off, and with Gordon's jump-up ability, Harden could only hit his arm at most. There was only time left to stop the Clippers from being killed, but this time it wasn't on the Clippers' side.

Gordon's dunk was very, very close, and the referee looked back for a long time and determined that Gordon's hand left the basketball before the lights came on, and the dunk was valid. The ball was judged in milliseconds, neither the broadcast view nor the replay perspective could be fully determined, but there was a view above the basket that showed that Gordon's finger had just left the basketball when the light came on, and the goal was valid.

There is no doubt that this is the closest I have come to a whistle shut-out in my career, and a real whistle-press is more extreme than James' rebound against the Pacers, or a dunk. This dunk is bound to go down in playoff history and is Gordon's "career dunk".

Before today, when it comes to Gordon's dunk, everyone can't avoid a 9-point meme. However, after today, the label of the playoffs whistle dunk is attached to Gordon, which is much higher than the gold content of the slam dunk contest.

The winner of a slam dunk contest may not be remembered. But to complete such a slam dunk in the playoffs will definitely engrave your name in history. When it comes to dunks later, I hope Gordon gets a fulfillment, not a regret.

When you can leave such a slam dunk moment, does it matter if you are the champion of the slam dunk contest?