Tony Jones: Regarding Lauri Markkanen: the Jazz star is out tonight for personal reasons, but his knee has checked out fine, according to league sources. He has no structural damage from tests last night and an MRI confirmed as much this morning so it looks like he escaped serious injury

Forward Lauri Markkanen and forward/center John Collins did not play for the Utah Jazz against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. Markkanen (personal reasons) has missed four games this season. He left late in the fourth quarter of Utah’s 128-115 loss to San Antonio on Tuesday night and did not return with a left knee contusion following a knee-to-knee collision with Victor Wembanyama.

The Utah Jazz will face the Denver Nuggets on Thanksgiving Eve in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night. The Nuggets will be without a key contributor, and the Jazz