Watch: Blazers' Nurkic loses 2 teeth
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Jusuf Nurkic (@bosnianbeast27) takes a shot to the face, looses two teeth and stays in the game! Twitter handle checks out. #ripcity pic.twitter.com/Pv0eoruMYk
— Chat Sports (@ChatSports) February 27, 2017
Jusuf Nurkic of the Portland Trail Blazers paid the price in enamel Sunday night, having two teeth knocked out battling for the ball with the Toronto Raptors' P.J. Tucker.
Nurkic just passed along the dislodged incisors to the team trainer.
Nurkić @bosnianbeast27 hands his knocked out teeth to team trainer (and hell of a great guy) Geoff Clark pic.twitter.com/HMw2illm7a
— Casey Holdahl (@CHold) February 27, 2017
Tucker received a technical on the play, even though Nurkic was called first for a loose ball foul.