SAN FRANCISCO – A driving bass. Familiar tunes. A place he called home.

Sitting in at his locker, located about 50 miles north of the storied high school where he became a Bay Area legend, Aaron Gordon felt at home in spirit, body and sound on Thursday night at Chase Center.

“The DJ was playing slaps,” Gordon said. “So I’m vibing the whole game. He’s playing just the straight Bay that I grew up with. Just like Hyphy music. So I was just out getting Hyphy.”

Almost 15 years after a scrawny, impossibly bouncy Gordon burst into the public consciousness as the nation’s most terrifying high school dunker at Archbishop Mitty, he dominated the hometown team to the tune of a career-high 50 points.

Despite going shot-for-shot with Steph Curry, it was not enough to will the Nuggets to a victory.

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