Portland center Jusuf Nurkic has been ruled out for Sunday's opening game of the Trail Blazers' playoff series against the Golden State Warriors.
Nurkic has missed seven games with a nondisplaced right leg fracture.
There had been speculation the 7-footer known as the Bosnian Beast could return for the playoffs. He was seen shooting during warm-ups for the last two regular-season games, and he's walking with no apparent limp.
The center, traded to Portland on Feb. 12 from the Denver Nuggets, was averaging 15.2 points, 10.