Jazzmen Show Support For Jusef Nurkic After Horrible Injury
Mar 25, 2019, 11:29 PM
Jusuf Nurkic #27 of the Portland Trail Blazers looks on during the first half against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on November 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
(Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – After Portland Trail Blazers center Jusef Nurkic suffered a gruesome injury in his team’s overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets, several Utah Jazzmen took to Twitter to offer their support.
Even though the Jazz had just won a 33-point decision against the Phoenix Suns on the Monday, several Utah players voiced their concern and best wishes for Nurkic.
Prayers up for Nurkic!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 26, 2019
Damn… hate to see this. Get well soon big guy. #nurkic
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 26, 2019
You hate to see stuff like this in our game prayers up to @bosnianbeast27
— Georges Niang (@GeorgesNiang20) March 26, 2019
Nurkic is a key player for the Blazers, who are competing with the Jazz for homecourt advantage in the NBA Western Conference playoffs. This season, the Bosnian international is averaging a double-double with 15.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
The Trail Blazers are currently 2.5 games ahead of the Jazz for the fourth spot in the Western Conference playoffs.
Be advised, video of the injury is extremely graphic. Due to the gruesome nature of what happened, KSL Sports has decided to not post a video of the incident into this story.
