Sneaking into the postseason was nice for Blazers fans, but witnessing Jusuf Nurkic return to the court for the first time in 486 days was by far the feel-good moment of the year. He wasn’t too shabby in his first game back either, racking up an 18-9-6-5-2 stat line in an overtime win over a Grizzlies squad that Rip City eventually overtook for the No. 8 seed.
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