When the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets face off, the battle between Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and his former understudy Jusuf Nurkic takes center stage. The matchup took on special significance tonight, as Nurkic was coming off of a rough weekend following a fourth-quarter benching in Portland’s last game against the Brooklyn Nets. As it turned out, the contest was no contest at all. The Blazers stifled Jokic, holding him to just two made field goals. Meanwhile Portland’s Big 3 of Nurkic, Damian Lillard, and CJ McCollum went crazy in the second half, breaking open a close game into a convincing 99-82 victory.
Nurkic Rebounds, Jokic Falters as Blazers Crush Nuggets
