{"id":512944,"date":"2026-01-03T01:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512944\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:35:10","slug":"nikola-jokic-trending-positively-after-hyperextending-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512944\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic &#8216;trending positively&#8217; after hyperextending knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-rumors-cavs-very-likely-trade-candidate-nuggets-injury-fix-nikola-jokic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Nuggets finally caught a break<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-to-miss-extended-time-hyperextended-knee-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Jokic continues to trend positively after an injury<\/a> that hyperextended his left knee, and he avoided major ligament damage. The three-time MVP will travel with the team on their current road trip, and <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/ab1309fc\/aaron-gordon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Gordon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b56a0974\/christian-braun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Braun<\/a> are also trending toward returns. According to ESPN\u2019s Cassidy Hubbarth, Jokic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettSiegelNBA\/status\/2007257028755067107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has been progressing well<\/a>, and ClutchPoints\u2019 Brett Siegel added that the team expects him to remain with Denver during the trip. The injury occurred against the Miami Heat, but testing showed no significant ligament damage, avoiding the nightmare scenario. The update changed the mood fast.<\/p>\n<p>The three stars are currently missing action versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. This article will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets finally caught a break. Nikola Jokic continues to trend positively after an injury that hyperextended&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3781],"tags":[877,7,561,301,187,3943,6,14502,253,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-512944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-aaron-gordon","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-christian-braun","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-denvernuggets","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury","16":"tag-nikola-jokic","17":"tag-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115828603393699696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}