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“#When Kevin Durant will return to Nets still up in the air<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn\u2019s Big 3 was two-thirds of the way back.<\/p>\n

Newly minted All-Star starter Kyrie Irving returned to the Nets\u2019 lineup Thursday to face LeBron James and the Lakers after missing the last game<\/a> with lower-back tightness.<\/p>\n

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (right knee soreness) was also back after sitting out the come-from-behind win in Phoenix. However, Kevin Durant missed a third consecutive game with a hamstring injury, and coach Steve Nash offered no timetable for the star forward\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they want to see is improved strength,\u201d Nash said before the Nets\u2019 109-98 win. \u201cUsually when you have a little injury like this, there\u2019s a strength deficit, and until you have that strength back, it\u2019s not necessarily safe to resume play. So there\u2019s a few progressions he\u2019s got to meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther than that, we\u2019ve just got to monitor it and see how it goes. The positive thing is he\u2019s had a few days of rest now and is improving. But there\u2019s no timeline still on when we\u2019ll see him again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant \u2014 averaging 29.0 points and 7.3 rebounds \u2014 missed the wins over Sacramento and Phoenix. He\u2019s only played one game in the last seven, also missing three straight due to COVID-19 contact tracing quarantine.<\/p>\n

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The Lakers were without Anthony Davis (Achilles). Meanwhile, after Los Angeles coach Frank Vogel had talked in the pregame about how he was looking forward to seeing Dennis Schroder defend Irving, the Lakers guard was a last-minute scratch for COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n
James Harden entered Thursday averaging 7.3 rebounds for a Nets team that has struggled on the glass this season. And his 8.4 boards since arriving in Brooklyn are on pace to surpass his career high.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, somebody\u2019s got to get them,\u201d Nash quipped.<\/p>\n

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