The Portland Trail Blazers suffered a significant loss on Monday night when starting center Jusuf Nurkic went down in double overtime against the Nets with a terrible looking leg injury.
The big man was stretchered off the court as players and coaches tried to lend their support to him on the floor and fans chanted his name. It was a brutal scene in Portland and a major loss for the Blazers as they get ready for a playoff run once again in the Western Conference. The Blazers managed to finish with a win, but all thoughts after the game were about Nurkic and his health as he suffered as gruesome a leg injury as some of the worst in recent memory.
Given that it was the only game playing at the time, the entire NBA world was watching when Nurkic went down and players immediately offered their thoughts and prayers to him on Twitter, including a pair of players that have suffered season-ending injuries in recent years in DeMarcus Cousins and Zach LaVine.
Nurkic🙏🏿
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) March 26, 2019
Damn man thoughts and prayers 🙏🏽 #StayStrong @bosnianbeast27
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) March 26, 2019
Others from around the league also joined in sending their support and love to the big man, offering their hope for a speedy recovery from what will hopefully be a better diagnosis than the injury appears.
Man!! Prayers to Nurkic…🙏🏾
— DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 26, 2019
get well soon big fella @bosnianbeast27
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) March 26, 2019
Hate this part of the game. Prayers up for Nurkic!
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏽
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) March 26, 2019
Nurkic 🙏🏽
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) March 26, 2019
Best wishes @bosnianbeast27. Stay strong and come back even stronger. #NBAFamily 🙏🏼
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) March 26, 2019
Damn… hate to see this. Get well soon big guy. #nurkic
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 26, 2019
Prayers out to @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏾
— andrew wiggins (@22wiggins) March 26, 2019
Damn:(( praying for big fella🙏🏼 awful injury ☹️
— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) March 26, 2019
🙏🙏🙏 @bosnianbeast27 https://t.co/TDqKlbazcn
— Nikola Vucevic (@NikolaVucevic) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic.. 🙏🏾
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) March 26, 2019
Nurkic🙏🙏
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) March 26, 2019
Prayers up.. @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏾
— Kenny Baze (@24Bazemore) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏼
— Beno Udrih (@BenoUdrih1) March 26, 2019
Big prayers up for Nurk
— Trevor Booker (@35_Fitz) March 26, 2019
Damn… Keep saying this but way too many of these injuries this year. 🙏🏼Nurkic 🙏🏼
— Tyler Ennis (@TylerEnnis) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for my man Nurk @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏻
— Mike Miller (@MikeMiller_13) March 26, 2019
