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

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.

There was only 150 seconds left in the game between the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs when Victor Wembanyama caught the ball at the right elbow and decided to drive in against Lauri Markkanen. But before Wembanyama could get any momentum,