Aaron Gordon #50 of the Denver Nuggets reacts after a play in extra time towards the Phoenix Suns at Ball Arena on December 25. Gordon wowed the house followers with a tremendous dunk late in extra time.

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Aaron Gordon #50 of the Denver Nuggets reacts after a play in extra time towards the Phoenix Suns at Ball Arena on December 25. Gordon wowed the house followers with a tremendous dunk late in extra time.

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Aaron Gordon gave Denver a late Christmas current on Sunday evening.

In a Western Conference faceoff, the NBA’s Dec. 25 sport between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns spilled into extra time. Then, with round 30 seconds left on the clock, and Denver main Phoenix 124-123, Suns guard Landry Shamet did not make a shot that might have pushed Phoenix into the lead.

That’s when Gordon, the Denver ahead, grabbed the rebound and sped down the courtroom. There he met Shamet, who tried to dam the lane. Despite being an inconceivable distance from the rim, Gordon launched himself into the air. He saved crusing ahead, whilst he made contact with Shamet, and shoved the basketball into the web. The crowd flew right into a frenzy as Gordon fell again to earth.

ESPN’s Tim Bontemps tweeted that Gordon’s Christmas maneuver is “easily on the short list of best in-game dunks I’ve ever seen, especially considering the moment.”

Denver capitalized on the gravity-defying transfer, because the Nuggets completed with a 128-125 victory.

Gordon says it is one of the best in-game dunk he is ever had “because of the time and score.”

The second was captured in a single image by Garrett Ellwood, a photographer for the NBA. In it, as Gordon levitates towards the ring and Shamet is being despatched to the ground, each participant appears to take a look of disbelief on their face. It was as if Gordon defied a legislation of physics earlier than their eyes.