Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic had to be stretchered off the court Monday night after suffering a serious left leg injury in double overtime of the Blazers' 148-144 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Nurkic finished with 32 points and 16 rebounds. The victory clinched a playoff berth for the Blazers.
Many NBA players reacted to Nurkic's injury on social media and wished him well.
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β CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) March 26, 2019
ππ nurkic!!
β Luka Doncic (@luka7doncic) March 26, 2019
Nurkic ππ½
β Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) March 26, 2019
Prayers for you big fella! @bosnianbeast27
β Julius Randle (@J30_RANDLE) March 26, 2019
Damn... hate to see this. Get well soon big guy. #nurkic
β Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 26, 2019
Best wishes @bosnianbeast27. Stay strong and come back even stronger. #NBAFamily ππΌ
β Pau Gasol (@paugasol) March 26, 2019
get well soon big fella @bosnianbeast27
β Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) March 26, 2019
We love you, @bosnianbeast27 β€ pic.twitter.com/x7JRRtsR7I
β Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) March 26, 2019
Man!! Prayers to Nurkic...ππΎ
β DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) March 26, 2019
NurkicππΏ
β DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic!!! ππΎππΎππΎ
β Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 ππ½
β Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) March 26, 2019
Sending Prayers NurkiΔ...ππ½ππ½ππ½
β Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 26, 2019
"JUSUF NURKIC" #ripcity pic.twitter.com/PM3Wv3SNQm
β NBC Sports Northwest (@NBCSNorthwest) March 26, 2019
Prayers out to @bosnianbeast27 ππΎ
β andrew wiggins (@22wiggins) March 26, 2019
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β Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for my brother @bosnianbeast27 ππ pic.twitter.com/Xa6XtUIr0X
β Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) March 26, 2019
:pray::pray::pray: @bosnianbeast27 https://t.co/TDqKlbazcn
β Nikola Vucevic (@NikolaVucevic) March 26, 2019
Hate this part of the game. Prayers up for Nurkic!
β DWade (@DwyaneWade) March 26, 2019
From your #MileHighBasketball family,
β Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) March 26, 2019
You're in our thoughts, big fella. pic.twitter.com/v8709chPuv
Prayers up for Nurkicππ½ππ½ππ½
β Marvin Bagley III (@MB3FIVE) March 26, 2019