Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered a fractured right wrist Thursday against the Indiana Pacers, the team announced.
Nurkic suffered the injury to his shooting wrist with 8:40 remaining in the third quarter and left the floor holding his hand.
Nurkic took a swipe at the ball on defense and appeared to injure his hand. More info to come... pic.twitter.com/5Y4s5UDiOG
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The 26-year-old Bosnian was sidelined for almost a year and a half after breaking his leg in March 2019. He returned to action in last summer's bubble and is averaging 10.3 points and 7.6 rebounds this season.
An extended absence for Nurkic will likely result in more minutes for Enes Kanter and Harry Giles.
The Blazers lost to the Pacers, 111-87.
