Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic (back) is expected to play against the Boston Celtics on Friday night.
Nurkic has apparently been dealing with soreness in his lower back since a dominating performance against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. It looks like he'll be able to play through the injury, however, as the Blazers look to start a new winning streak.
The Blazers' big man is averaging 31.1 FanDuel points per game this season. We project him for 30.2 FanDuel points against the Celtics tonight.
Source: Casey Holdahl