Michael Porter Jr. isn't ruling out the possibility of returning for the Denver Nuggets' first round series against the Golden State Warriors.

Porter is attempting to return from back surgery.

"Right now, I'm taking it game by game. I'm not ruling anything out," Porter told ESPN's Andscape following the Nuggets' 123-101 loss to the Warriors in Game 1 on Saturday night. "This is a thing I don't ever want to deal with again, so I'm just taking my time. ... I'm playing it game by game. Every morning I wake up and I know I'm feeling good. Every day I'm getting closer."

Porter underwent lumbar spine surgery on Dec. 1 to address a lower back injury. It was his third back surgery since November 2017.