The Denver Nuggets tied their first-round series with the Los Angeles Clippers at two games each on Saturday evening, picking up a dramatic 101-99 win.

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (32) is congratulated by forward Peyton Watson (8) and forward Michael Porter Jr. (1) after the game-winning dunk to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 101-99 in game four of round one of the 2024 NBA Playoffs at Intuit Dome. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

It came down to a matter of inches. Maybe even centimeters. Perhaps even millimeters. Whatever the unit of measurement, it could not have possibly been any closer.

Aaron Gordon scored the winning basket just before the buzzer, when he pulled in a Nikola Jokic airball and completed an unintentional alley-oop for the win.

Have a look.

That is simply a bonkers play, and it could not have been any closer. The play was originally called a good basket on the floor in real time, but had to be reviewed to make sure Gordon had his hands off of the ball before the red light turned on.

This is what it looked like when the light came on.

There is no way for that to possibly get any closer. Because it was so close, that was probably one of those calls where the officials and the league were going to stick with whatever was called on the floor. In this case, that call was a good basket. It counted. The Nuggets win and send the series back to Denver all tied.