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Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets lost 20 to 25 pounds during the 2020 lockdown in Serbia.

Nikola Jokic Injury Update: Nuggets Star Healthy and Surging as Playoffs Begin vs Timberwolves

DENVER — Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic enters the 2026 NBA playoffs fully healthy after navigating the first significant injury of his career earlier this season, a left knee hyperextension that sidelined him for 16 games in late December and January. The three-time MVP has shown no lingering effects from the knee issue or a minor right wrist concern managed at the end of the regular season, positioning him as the engine for a Nuggets team seeded third in the Western Conference and set to face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round.