Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, right, collects the ball as Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) defends in ...

The Denver Nuggets will face a division opponent that's won 10 of their last 12 games by playing elite defense.

Jusuf Nurkic will make his Hornets debut on Monday vs. the Nets after joining the team in a deadline trade from the Suns.

Ayton was helped back to the locker room after sustaining an apparent calf injury in the third quarter of Monday's game against the Nuggets, Danny Marang of 1080 The Fan Portland reports.

Ayton won't return to Monday's game against the Nuggets due to a left calf injury.

In Monday night’s game between the Blazers and Nuggets, Portland center Deandre Ayton suffered a non-contact injury to his ...