The main force suffered heavy injuries and suffered heavy losses! How important is Aaron Gordon s presence to the Nuggets?

Although the Nuggets defeated the Thunder in a life-and-death battle to drag the series into tiebreak, Aaron Gordon's hamstring injury cast a shadow on the Nuggets' prospects. Even if he can play in tiebreak, it will inevitably affect his condition. So how important is Gordon to the Nuggets? This issue of the column will help you understand through in-depth data analysis.

Godden's most prominent label in his entire career is a slam dunk master, but his ability and role in the Nuggets are underestimated. In the Nuggets, although Gordon averaged 16.8 points per game, his two shooting percentages of 48.5% and 38.2% are second and first among the six absolute main players, which means he has high scoring efficiency. Of course, his excellence is not fully reflected by the basic data.

From the high-level data, Gordon's sports battle combined with three-point shooting situation means that the effective shooting rate is 54.9%, and the real shooting rate combined with three-point shooting and free throw shooting situation is 59.6%. Both hits are ranked first in the Nuggets' main players. From the high-level data, Gordon's sports battle scoring efficiency and real scoring efficiency are ranked highest in the Nuggets' main players, which is obviously not consistent with his label of "slam dunk master". He has transformed from a dunker to an efficient scorer.

Of course, some people may question it. After all, the Nuggets' offensive initiation and defense focus is Jokic and Murray. Gordon is just a functional player who throws the ball into the offensive end. Indeed, Aaron Gordon's score comes more from receiving assists from his teammates. His assist rate is 63.3%, but in comparison, 36.7% of non-teammate assists also means that he has a certain proportion of his own ball scores.

Therefore, it would be too one-sided to simply regard him as a pie-eating player. He is actually a player who can catch the ball and end the ball in this season's playoffs. This attribute also makes his positive effect on the court very obvious:

The Nuggets' offensive efficiency is 87.1 when Aaron Gordon is not present. This offensive efficiency means that when Gordon is not present, the Nuggets' score per 100 rounds is only 87.1 points, the second lowest score for the Nuggets' main force is only higher than Murray. This means that Gordon is not the person who can determine the lower limit of the Nuggets, but compared with The Nuggets' offense is still very sluggish when he is not on the court; when Aaron Gordon is present, the Nuggets' offensive efficiency reaches the highest level of 115.1 with Murray, which means that Gordon and Murray can determine the Nuggets' offensive ceiling. When these two are present, the Nuggets' score per 100 rounds will reach the highest level;

Therefore, when Gordon is present, the Nuggets' offensive efficiency will increase by 28. The increase in this presence comparison and absent are second only to Murray among the Nuggets' main players. Whether he is present has a great impact on the Nuggets' offensive level.

Gordon is not an excellent steal or blocker on the defensive end. He is only fourth in the main players, whether it is 0.6 steals or 0.4 blocks per game;

At the same time, his defensive efficiency value is 113.3 when he is on the court, which means that the Nuggets lose 113.3 points per 100 rounds, and he is weaker than Jokic and Murray and Braun in terms of losing points.

This is largely due to the fact that these three players average steals and blocks per game, so they can lose more points on the court, but Gordon also has an irreplaceable contribution on the defensive end.

Gorden can make his opponent's shooting percentage lower than the average level in the defensive end, whether at the basket, close range, inside the three-point line or outside the three-point line. Therefore, his defensive contribution can be described as "a good fighter has no great achievements". He does not have many data such as steals and blocks, but under his defense, the opponent's shooting percentage will become lower. In addition to the contributions from both offense and defense, Gordon has made a unique contribution this season, that is, at a critical moment within five minutes and five points, his shooting percentage of 66.7% and 75% reached an exaggerated level, and even his free throw percentage reached 100%. The Nuggets have also relied on Gordon's offensive performance at critical moments several times to win.

can hold the ball without the ball, have the highest scoring efficiency and have obvious on-the-court roles. The defensive end focuses on limiting opponents' shooting. Although Gordon is not a recognized All-Star, his presence plays a crucial role in the Nuggets. If he cannot perform normally, it will be really difficult for the Nuggets, not to mention that the Nuggets with short rotation will find a replacement for Gordon.