Well it happened. You’ve got to hand it to him. Jusuf Nurkic dominated the Denver Nuggets and handed the team their biggest loss of the year, helping the Portland Trail Blazers all but eliminate the Denver Nuggets from the playoffs. It’s not official. The Nuggets still have a puncher’s chance of falling backwards into the 8th seed but at the moment that doesn’t sound likely.
This episode of the Locked On Nuggets podcast reviews the game, Nurkic’s performance, Danilo Gallinari’s strange night, Jamal Murray’s limited minutes, Michael Malone’s weird rotation, and much more.