Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic will play, albeit limited minutes, in the team’s Game 3 matchup against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Jusuf Nurkic will return from his leg fracture for Game 3 against the Warriors
Nurkic’s playing time will be limited.
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Nurkic suffered a non-displaced fibular fracture in his right leg in a March 30 win over the Houston Rockets and has been sidelined ever since. He returns to action in a game where the Warriors will be without Kevin Durant, Shaun Livingston, Matt Barnes and Steve Kerr.
The Trail Blazers acquired Nurkic and a 2017 first-round pick in a trade deadline deal with the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Mason Plumlee. The Bosnian big man has since proven indispensable, helping lead Portland to a 15-7 record after the trade, knocking the Nuggets out of the Western Conference’s eighth seed in the process.
Portland finished the season 4-5 after losing Nurkic in late March. He averaged 15.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals in 29 minutes per game for the Trail Blazers this season.
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