One of the Portland Trail Blazers ’ most pleasant early-season surprises will be sidelined for the foreseeable future.

Backup point guard Blake Wesley , who has quietly emerged as a menacing key figure in the team’s relentless full-court pressure defense, suffered a fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot during the team’s Friday night win over the Denver Nuggets.

The Blazers said a timeline for his return will be “determined at a later date,” so he will be sidelined indefinitely.

Wesley suffered the injury with 3:52 left in the first half against the Nuggets after swishing a fadeaway 16-foot jumper. He crashed to the floor awkwardly after the shot and did not get up as action sprinted the other way and Aaron Gordon scored on a dunk. Play stopped after Gordon’s finish a

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