Aaron Gordon identified one way in which his team could have been better suited to knock off the No. 1 seed during his postgame commentary and it bucked the conventional wisdom that the NBA playoffs are too spaced out.

And then, on Sunday, Aaron Gordon played through a hamstring injury as the Denver Nuggets were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gordon suffered that injury on Thursday night in Game 6. He played again roughly 60 hours later on Sunday afternoon.

Make it make sense. Because, as it stands, it doesn't. This is a pressing discussion that Gordon himself pleaded with the league to change after he played a Game 7 against the Thunder with a Grade 2 hamstring strain on limited rest and after he watched injuries happen to other players like Tatum and Curry.