Josh Kroenke took the interim tag off David Adelman on Thursday, rewarding the 44-year-old hoops lifer for righting the discombobulated Nuggets on short notice and leading them to a Game 7 against the top-seeded Thunder in the second round of the playoffs.

David Adelman was thrown into the interim head coaching role for the Denver Nuggets with just three games remaining in the regular season, but he reportedly showed enough in replacement of Michael Malone to land the full-time job.

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon will start in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, despite having a strained left hamstring.