Welp. What everyone feared after watching Damian Lillard go down with a non-contact injury on Sunday night has come to fruition. On Monday, it was confirmed that the Milwaukee Bucks star tore his Achilles, ending his season on a devastating note after he had already returned from a scary blood clot.

Aaron Gordon was a high school basketball get-out-of-jail-free card. His athleticism was stress medicine for trapped teammates. His dexterity, a mulligan for inaccurate passes. At Archbishop Mitty in the Bay Area,

However, the Nuggets had Aaron Gordon saving the game — and perhaps their season. That theme about depth — the Clippers have it, the Nuggets do not — is going to be a main one the rest of this series.