The Blazers Are Rallying Around Jusuf Nurkic
The Lead
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🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The Portland Trail Blazers are battling toward a playoff berth, and they’ve been doing it with a big boost from big man Jusuf Nurkic. After being out for more than a year with a gruesome leg injury, Nurkic is back and has been better than ever. The Athletic’s Jason Quick joins us to discuss Nurkic's remarkable return, how far he could help carry the dangerous Blazers, and how his teammates are helping the Bosnian star deal with a difficult family health situation.
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| 0:31.0 | The Portland Trailblazers are trying to claw their way into the NBA playoffs. |
| 0:37.0 | And they've been getting a big boost from Big Man, Yousaf Nurgich. |
| 0:41.0 | Zach Collins controls. |
| 0:44.0 | Dumps it off to Nurg in the Big Bella with the finish and the foul over Jackson Jr. |
| 0:49.0 | He'll hype him up. |
| 0:51.0 | Get him going, Nurg. |
| 0:52.0 | Griff's city. |
| 0:53.0 | It feels good to be back. |
| 0:55.0 | After being out for almost a year and a half with a horrific leg injury, Nurgich is back and has been lighting it up. |
| 1:02.0 | Today, the Athletics Jason Quick joins us to discuss Nurg's remarkable return, how far he could carry the Blazers, |
| 1:09.0 | and how his teammates are helping the Bosnian Star deal with a difficult family health situation. |
| 1:15.0 | They know that his heart is somewhere else but his body is in Orlando so they're trying to uplift him as much as they can and help him get through this. |
| 1:26.0 | From Wondery in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:29.0 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
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