Jusuf Nurkic Was Stretchered Off The Floor With A Gruesome Leg Injury Against The Nets

The Blazers and Nets found themselves in a double overtime game in Portland on Monday night, but midway through the second overtime period the game’s outcome became secondary to the gruesome left leg injury suffered by Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic.

Nurkic missed a putback attempt off a Moe Harkless miss and came down awkwardly, resulting in his left leg appearing to break in horrific fashion. A foul had been called on the rebound attempt and players from both sides quickly realized the severity of the situation and called for trainers. A stretcher was brought out immediately for Nurkic, who was in tremendous pain as he was tended to in the paint as fans chanted his name to try and offer some support.

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He was ultimately moved onto the stretcher and carted off the floor to go get medical attention. There’s not official word on the specifics of his injury, but it was pretty clear that something terrible happened and he is all but assuredly done for the remainder of the season and the Blazers’ playoff run. After the game, Terry Stotts noted Nurkic was taken to a local hospital, but didn’t have any update beyond that.

It’s a huge blow to Portland as a team to lose their starting center who provides so much on the glass and as an interior offensive option opposite their star backcourt. For now, though, all thoughts are with Nurkic in hopes that the diagnosis isn’t as severe as the injury appeared.

For those that would like to see what happened, the video of the injury can be seen below, but a significant WARNING that it is very graphic.

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