The Nuggets escaped the Omaha portion of training camp without a serious injury, but they weren’t able to get through their first preseason game unscathed.

Starting shooting guard Gary Harris suffered a strained right groin in the exhibition game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, which limited him to 10 minutes. He had a magnetic resonance imaging examination Tuesday that confirmed the injury, according to the team. It’s uncertain how long he’ll be out.

On the positive side, coach Michael Malone liked what he saw of the starting five he rolled out: point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, Harris, forward Danilo Gallinari and big men Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic. That lineup never hit the court as a starting unit last season because of injuries. Most NBA teams prefer going smaller, but as Malone pointed out, Jokic can “space” the court because of his ability to make 3-point shots.

“(They’re) willing and capable playmakers,” Malone said of Jokic and Nurkic. “That’s why you like playing them together, because they are so skilled and they can make everybody around them better. We ended the season playing them together, and we started off the preseason (that way). That’s not to say the next game, in L.A. (against the Lakers), we’ll use the same starting lineup. We’re going to try some different looks.”

Nurkic led the Nuggets in their victory with 15 points and 10 rebounds. He has been determined to show the team he is back to the form that made him one of the NBA’s top rookies two seasons ago.

“Like I said, people forget who I am,” said Nurkic, who also added two blocked shots and two steals.

Veteran forward Kenneth Faried came off the bench for Jokic. Malone raved about the fact the veteran didn’t complain about his assignment.

“There were some who were worried. ‘If he’s not in the (starting) lineup, how is he going to handle it? ‘ ” Malone said. “I can’t give Kenneth enough credit in terms of being a true pro, not worrying, ‘Am I starting? Am I not starting? My job is to be ready to play when I’m called on, go out there and play the way I’m capable of.’ ”

Malone said Faried would have been on the shortlist for MVP at training camp in Omaha last week if there were such a thing.

“His energy, effort level every practice was off the charts,” Malone said. “Whether he starts or comes off the bench, that’s what we need him to do.”