Nuggets' Jeff Green out at least four weeks with fractured hand, sprained finger

During the fourth quarter of Friday night’s 120-107 victory against the Trail Blazers, Nuggets power forward Jeff Green sprained his left finger and fractured his left hand, the team has announced (Twitter link). Denver notes that Green is set to have his hand reassessed in four weeks.

The 36-year-old vet has remained a helpful bench big for the 20-11 Nuggets, the top seed in the Western Conference. The 6’8″ forward is averaging 7.5 PPG on 52.7% shooting in 19.3 MPG. He is also logging 2.8 RPG and 1.1 APG through his first 24 games for Denver.

He is currently on the second year of a two-season, $9MM deal he inked with Denver in 2021, and will be a free agent this summer.

Mike Singer of The Denver Post tweets that he expects third-year power forward Zeke Nnaji to see additional minutes backing up starting power forward Aaron Gordon with Green shelved.