Portland's Jusuf Nurkic suffers fibular fracture
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows Portland center Jusuf Nurkic has a non-displaced right leg fibular fracture, it was announced today by Neil Olshey, Trail Blazers president of basketball operations.
Nurkic will be sidelined for two weeks, at which time he will be reevaluated.
In 20 games since joining Portland, Nurkic is averaging 15.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.25 assists in 29.2 minutes.