Trail Blazers' Jusuf Nurkic demoralized by LeBron James on Thursday
Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic scored 7 points (3-of-9 field goals, 1-of-4 free throws) with 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, and 2 turnovers in 18.7 minutes of Thursday's 113-105 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
What It Means:
The Trail Blazers wound up winning, but Nurkic was absolutely obliterated by LeBron James on a thunderous cram early on and never seemed to recover. Look for him to bounce back versus Andre Drummond and the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.
Nurkic scored 23.0 FanDuel points on Thursday, compared to his average of 30.6 FanDuel points per game for the season.
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