Tensions are boiling over in L.A. after the Clippers’ heartbreaking 112–110 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals. While Nuggets fans celebrate Aaron Gordon’s now-iconic buzzer-beating dunk, Clippers Nation is asking a pointed question: Did Denver just get away with one?
Across forums, podcasts, and social media, outrage is growing. Clippers fans believe the final play was riddled with missed calls—from a questionable no-call on Nikola Jokic’s fadeaway airball to Aaron Gordon possibly pushing off before the dunk.
“It wasn’t skill, it was luck—and the refs let it happen,” one furious fan posted on X, formerly Twitter. Another wrote, “If that was LeBron or Curry, they’d call it. Why does Denver always get the pass?”
Even some analysts are stirring the pot. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith suggested the final possession felt more like a “pickup game at the YMCA than an NBA playoff moment.”
The controversy doesn’t end there. A slow-motion replay circulating online appears to show Gordon’s hand grazing the net before the ball passed through—a potential offensive basket interference that was never reviewed.
The NBA has yet to release its Last Two Minute Report, but if the outrage continues, it could overshadow what should be a defining playoff moment for Denver.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue remained composed postgame but hinted at frustration, saying, “We’ll take it up with the league. That ending… we’ve seen it before.”
With Denver now up 3–1, the Clippers are fighting not just the Nuggets, but the feeling that fate—and officiating—are stacked against them.
