Nuggets’ Peyton Watson leaves Knicks game with potentially serious injury

Just as the Denver Nuggets were finally starting to look whole again, the injury bug bit back, and it bit hard. In the middle of a high-stakes showdown against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, breakout forward Peyton Watson was forced to exit the game early.

The third-year wing clutched his leg and limped straight to the locker room, with the team later confirming a hamstring injury. The timing of the injury couldn’t be worse for the Nuggets.

BRUTAL.

Nuggets star Peyton Watson went to the locker room after pulling his hamstring…..

The Nuggets just got back Nikola Jokic and Christian Braun, now they potentially lose one of their biggest playmakers
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Denver had just welcomed three-time MVP Nikola Jokic back to the lineup after a 16-game absence, and guard Christian Braun had also recently returned to shore up the perimeter. With Aaron Gordon already sidelined with his own hamstring issue, Watson had stepped into a massive role as the team’s primary defensive stopper and a secondary playmaker.

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