Portland Trail Blazers' Jusuf Nurkic exits with right wrist fracture vs. Indiana Pacers

Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic fractured his right wrist Thursday night during a 111-87 loss to the Indiana Pacers.

Nurkic could be seen holding the wrist after swiping at the ball in the third quarter, and he fell to the floor after contact under Indiana's basket. At a timeout he went to the locker room and did not return.

The Trail Blazers didn't immediately indicate how much time Nurkic will miss.

The 7-foot Bosnian was averaging 10.3 points and 7.6 rebounds heading into the game.

Last summer, Nurkic returned to play after sustaining compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his lower left leg in March 2019.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.