Shooting 50% from the field and leading the team in scoring, nobody thought too hard when Nurkic was sent to the bench early in the fourth quarter.
“He’ll be back soon,” we all thought.
We were wrong.
Nurkic’s third quarter
Nurkic had 11 points and four rebounds in the first quarter alone. He was up to 15 at halftime.
During the third quarter, Nurkic went 3-6 for six more points, bringing his total to 21. Both there’s more to the story than stats.
As they usually do, the starters took the court to start the third quarter.