How confident were the Nuggets that Aaron Gordon’s dunk was out of his hands before the buzzer? Depends who you ask.

The Denver Nuggets forced a Game 5 after beating the Los Angeles Clippers, capped by Aaron Gordon’s last-minute dunk off a brilliant assist from Nikola Jokic. After the game, Jokic shared a candid confession about the play.

Aaron Gordon shocked the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night, slamming home a buzzer-beating dunk off a Nikola Jokic airball to pull the Denver Nuggets to 2-2 in the first-round playoff series. It was a shocking, exciting play that reminded fans how much fun the drama of the postseason can be. It was also history.