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Injury Bug Continues to Bite Denver Nuggets as Nikola Jokic Goes Down

The three-time MVP will miss four weeks with a knee injury, as the Nuggets are now without four of their five starters due to ailments.
Injury Bug Continues to Bite Denver Nuggets as Nikola Jokic Goes Down
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets calls a play against the Miami Heat during the second quarter at Kaseya Center in Miami on Dec. 29, 2025. Rich Storry/Getty Images
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The biggest takeaway from the Denver Nuggets’ 147–123 loss to the Miami Heat on Monday wasn’t the fact that the Nuggets suffered their biggest defeat of the 2025–2026 NBA season.

It was that their franchise player, and arguably the league’s best player, Nikola Jokic, suffered a knee injury and left the game. Jokic logged fewer than 20 minutes before having his left knee hyperextended, and many Denver fans feared for the worse.

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Ross Kelly is a sports journalist who has been published by ESPN, CBS and USA Today. He has also done statistical research for Stats Inc. and Synergy Sports Technology. A graduate of LSU, Ross resides in Houston.