Blazers lose Nurkic to severe leg injury, edge Nets in 2 OTs
(World News USA)

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - They had just clinched a playoff spot, though there were no cheers or celebrations from the Portland Trail Blazers. Instead, just silence and prayers for Jusuf Nurkic. The gruesome injury suffered by their center overshadowed everything else Monday night. `Devastating,` Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. Nurkic had 32 points and 16 rebounds before suffering his left leg injury in the second overtime, and the Blazers outlasted the Brooklyn Nets 148-144. `It made me sick to my stomach,` Blazers guard Damian Lillard said of Nurkic`s injury. `As I was walking over there, I saw everyone else turn around real quick and walk away, and then I look and I saw his leg.` Nurkic was...