Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic gave fans a big scare on Tuesday after he went down with a knee injury. Fortunately, it looks like the issue is not that significant.

After the game against the Utah Jazz, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone played down the injury as he doesn't think it's “anything too, too serious.” In a follow-up report by Mike Singer of Denver Post on Wednesday, he noted that he has been told Jokic is still sore from the collision with Rudy Gobert but there is nothing structurally wrong in his knee–which is good news for the whole of Denver.

Nikola Jokic sustained a knee contusion near the end of the second quarter of their game against the Jazz while trying to stop Rudy Gobert. As the Frenchman tried to muscle his way to the rim, he accidentally hit Jokic's right knee with his own knee, causing the Serbian giant to fall and writhe in pain.

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The 2020-21 MVP limped off to the locker room minutes later before he was eventually ruled out. He did practice some shots at halftime, but Malone decided to hold him off considering it's the second night of a back-to-back.

Jokic still has a few days before the Nuggets host the Dallas Mavericks. Sure enough, every Denver fan is hoping for the best for their superstar who has been an iron-man for them for the past couple of seasons.