HOUSTON -- Injured three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic plans to return "at some point" during the Denver Nuggets' upcoming five-game homestand, coach Michael Malone said Sunday.
"We're just trying to get home and kind of see where he's at," Malone said before Denver's game against the Houston Rockets, the fourth consecutive game Jokic has missed due to left ankle impingement. "It'd be great to have a chance to get our starting five some run together, because we haven't had a lot of opportunity to do that this season."
Malone said he does not expect Jokic, who went through a pregame shooting session Sunday, to play in Monday's home game against the Chicago Bulls.