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Nuggets' Nikola Jokic gets surprisingly big injury update already originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Denver Nuggets saw their superstar center Nikola Jokic go down with a non-contact left knee injury this week.
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Thankfully, the news wasn't as bad as it could've been. He didn't tear his ACL.
The injury for Jokic was instead a hyperextension of his left knee.
The expectation was that Jokic would miss a month.
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He's already gotten a positive injury update on New Year's Eve, though.
Jokic showed up to the Nuggets' game without crutches.
A respected Twitter doctor says that's good news:
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At the very least, this seems to suggest Jokic won't be out longer than anticipated.
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He's in the midst of the best season of his storied career. Maybe he won't get the full slate of games that he usually has, but on a per-game basis, Jokic continues to grow his own legend.
This is a chance for Jokic to see the game from the side a bit.
When he gets back, it's safe to expect he'll be as good as he ever has been.
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