The Portland Trail Blazers announced an MRI revealed big man Jusuf Nurkic suffered a "non-displaced right leg fibular fracture" and will ... he's "fully functional and pain-free." ...

The injury was so jarring, the first people to reach Nurkic draped a towel over his leg to cover it from view. His leg was put in an air cast, and Nurkic was stretchered to the locker room.

appearing in 56 games before a foot injury ended his season in March. It was the most games Nurkić has played in since 2018-19, when he played in 72 games before a broken leg ended his season.

The Blazers lost Nurkic to a scary leg injury which ended his season on March ... “I wish I could play with my broken leg. I would go out there right now and get hurt again if I could.” ...

When you hurt your leg, it’s usually a bone fracture or a soft-tissue injury like a sprain or strain of the tendons or ligaments. A fracture is a break in your bone. It usually happens when you ...

Jusuf Nurkic was leading the ... suffering a compound fracture of both bones in his lower right leg. The game was canceled on the spot after the injury. He returned to the Indiana Pacers in ...