{"id":153323,"date":"2021-01-13T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T06:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-plans-to-play-first-back-to-back-as-a-net\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T06:52:03","slug":"kevin-durant-plans-to-play-first-back-to-back-as-a-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-plans-to-play-first-back-to-back-as-a-net\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant plans to play first back-to-back as a Net"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant plans to play first back-to-back as a Net<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Coming back from a horrific ruptured Achilles, Kevin Durant was supposed to be the star the Nets were coddling. But Kyrie Irving\u2019s indefinite absence for personal reasons is putting even more burden on his 32-year-old teammate.<\/p>\n

After logging a season-high 37:40 in Sunday\u2019s loss to Oklahoma City, Durant poured in 34 points with 13 assists and nine rebounds in 36 minutes of Tuesday\u2019s 122-116 comeback win over the Nuggets. Now he says he plans to play the tail end of a back-to-back Wednesday against the Knicks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI plan on it,\u201d said Durant, who hasn\u2019t played in a back-to-back yet this season.<\/p>\n

Coming into the season Steve Nash had said building up to playing consecutive game<\/a>s was the goal for Durant, and with his Nets clearly struggling, he could use the four-time scoring champ Wednesday in the Garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really hope Kevin plays,\u201d Nash said with a wan grimace. \u201cBut we\u2019ll see. We have to judge these things day-to-day and moment-to-moment. I can come in here with a template, but who knows what happ<\/a>ens [Tuesday]? We have to be really fluid and adaptable like I continually say and see how [Tuesday] goes and then address [Wednesday] when it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kevin Durant goes up for a dunk during the Nets\u2019 122-116 comeback win over the Nuggets.<\/figcaption>
N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robbed of Irving\u2019s scoring, the Nets are going to have to find ways to concoct both added scoring punch and also tighter defense. Nash is still experimenting, juggling with the lineups trying to find both.<\/p>\n

Tuesday Nash tweaked the lineup, returning Caris LeVert to the sixth-man role, where he scored 20 points, and inserted defensive-minded Bruce Brown to deal with Jamal Murray. Brown ended up with 16 points including huge plays in the game-deciding 10-0 fourth-quarter run.<\/p>\n

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