The Portland Trail Blazers lost a key part of their team for an undetermined period of time when starting center Jusuf Nurkic went down with a fractured right wrist during Thursday night’s loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Nurkic, 26, was playing in his 20th regular-season game after returning from a gruesome broken leg he suffered in March 2019. The Trail Blazers did not immediately say how much time Nurkic would miss. Nurkic has been with Klutch Sports and Rich Paul since the fall of 2019. Nurkic has also been dealing with the passing of his grandmother from COVID-19.
Nurkic had seemingly been working his way back into shape after a slow start, and the wrist fracture is yet another setback for the Blazers center. While the Blazers were understandably shaken by the loss of their center and one of the key parts of their team over the last few seasons, other players, such as Memphis’ Ja Morant, showed love to Nurkic after the injury.
@bosnianbeast27 🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) January 15, 2021
The Lakers are scheduled to play the Blazers again on Feb. 26.
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