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Nikola Jokic Suffers Knee Contusion Against Celtics

According to Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post, Denver Nuggets rookie center Nikola Jokic has suffered a knee contusion and is questionable to play tonight against the Washington Wizards.

#Nuggets C Nikola Jokic suffered a right knee contusion in the game last night. He is questionable for tonight's game at Washington.

— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) January 28, 2016

Jokic hurt his knee in the third quarter of last night's game against the Boston Celtics. While knee contusions are often painful, they do not generally lead to long periods of recovery and generally are a simple matter of pain tolerance.