The Brooklyn Nets couldn’t hold a 10-point lead over the final six minutes of regulation and wound up taking a difficult 148-144 loss in double-overtime Monday night at Moda Center to the Portland Trail Blazers, who clinched a playoff berth for the sixth straight season with the win.
The celebration in Portland will, however, be very muted after center Jusuf Nurkic had to be taken off the floor on a stretcher after seriously injuring his left leg early in the second overtime.
Nurkic landed on his leg after being fouled by Brooklyn’s Jared Dudley on a rebound and the leg just appeared to give way before the 7-footer fell to the floor.