Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who was part of the big Trail Blazers turnaround that took place when he arrived from the team in trade from the Nuggets, has a fracture in his leg but is returning much earlier than anticipated and will be playing hurt against the Warriors. Here’s CSNNW reporting:
From doubtful to starting! The Bosnian Beast is back!
The Trail Blazers announced Nurkić will play in Game 3 vs. the Golden State Warriors at the Moda Center Saturday night.
Nurkic fractured fibula in his right leg on March 28th and was expected to miss at least two weeks before he was re-assessed.
Before the series, Nurkić told reporters, “if it was up to me I’d play right now.”
