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Blazers Center Jusuf Nurkic to Sit out Clippers Game

Jusuf Nurkic will sit out with knee inflammation when the Portland Trail Blazers face the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. This will mark the 33rd game the injury-plagued center will have missed in the 2020-21 regular season.

Jason Quick of The Athletic first tweeted the news.

Blazers announce Jusuf Nurkic is out for Tuesday’s game at Clippers because of right knee inflammation.

— Jason Quick (@jwquick) April 5, 2021

Nurkic played the first dozen games of the season before hitting the injured list with a fractured wrist.