Jerami Grant sprinted back in transition Sunday night when the air exited his lungs with zero warning.
The Nuggets’ newcomer laid on his back inside the Pepsi Center. Eyes closed. Squirming and gasping for breath.
“I just heard the crowd react,” said teammate Monte Morris, after a fourth-quarter blindside screen via Clippers’ big man Montrezl Harrell drew a whistle and leveled Grant in Denver’s 114-104 victory. “I had seen (Grant) on the ground and I tried to grab him right away. Everybody said: ‘Let him breathe, let him breathe.’
“I’m like: ‘You’re tough, man.