Christian Braun: I ruined “really cool pictures” of Aaron Gordon’s buzzer-beater dunk

Christian Braun was exposed guilty of photobombing The evidence will live forever In a basketball snapshot for the ages he is basically Aaron Gordon s shadow lurking in the background at floor level while Gordon ascends into NBA history with his superhuman hops The first walk-off dunk in playoff history remained the talk of Ball Arena early this week Each Nugget seemed to have his own subplot related to Gordon s opportunistic Battle buzzer-beater In Braun s situation it was a self-deprecating reaction to the photos I did in fact go for it he revealed chuckling when appealed how close he was to attempting the put-back himself I did go for it I genuinely ruined a couple of Aaron s really cool pictures I was in the back But I did jump He jumped a lot higher than I did Michael Porter Jr was standing alone in the weak-side corner but he insists to be the secret mastermind behind the whole play I give full credit to myself really he noted trying to keep a straight face I went over and whispered to Joker I noted Hey shoot it just so we have enough time to get a tip And then AG tipped it in So I give myself full credit The buzzer-beater shook loose old memories for Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray Jokic demonstrated off his sneaky-encyclopedic appreciation of basketball history recalling a EuroLeague semifinal with impressive specificity Olympiacos Piraeus was trailing Partizan Belgrade by a bucket when Josh Childress caught Milos Teodosic s airball and dunked it to force overtime It was remarkably similar to Denver s play Teodosic circulated his shot from the right wing like Jokic and Childress flushed it from the opposite side of the rim like Gordon Maybe I can help you guys write the story Jokic disclosed Murray was trying to remember if he s ever seen a closer bang-bang finish to a contest than Gordon s The best example he could think of was unsurprisingly one of his own buzzer-beaters He has a long history of them Just don t expect to find the tape on YouTube I had one in high school he mentioned It was from half-court Same kind of thing They really had the replay review system It was kind of cool because you don t really have that in high school But I don t think I ve seen one that close Because I wasn t sure Gordon got it off Murray was standing at the top of the key on Saturday giving him perhaps the best seat in the house for Jokic s airball When he was questioned if he thought the initial shot had a chance he tried and failed to give Jokic specific credit I mean with him shooting there s unfailingly a chance But no Related Articles Too various minutes for Nikola Jokic and starters Clippers zone defense Why Nuggets nearly coughed up Match David Adelman on Michael Porter Jr leaving Nuggets bench A non-aggressive walk Aaron Gordon Nikola Jokic s failsafe is now a Nuggets playoff hero Why James Harden Aaron Gordon weren t ejected for Contest altercation but Michael Porter Jr could face suspension Aaron Gordon dunks Nikola Jokic s air-ball for a photo-finish Nuggets win in Competition As for Murray s half-court heave he doesn t think video proof exists on the internet Braun cannot say the same for his amusing role in an instant classic Nuggets moment Aaron jumps really high off two feet And I clearly didn t he continued I m gonna blame the contact with James Harden maybe In the huddle we all talked about it We know it s the last shot We know Nikola s a really good passer when he spins and throws it up in the air So we just knew that the ball was gonna be close to the rim and we understood that you can crash if you get the last shot Aaron just happened to jump a lot higher than I did Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis