{"id":209673,"date":"2021-03-24T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T06:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-steve-nash-considering-limiting-james-hardens-minutes\/"},"modified":"2021-03-24T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T06:32:25","slug":"nets-steve-nash-considering-limiting-james-hardens-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-steve-nash-considering-limiting-james-hardens-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets’ Steve Nash considering limiting James Harden’s minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets’ Steve Nash considering limiting James Harden’s minutes<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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After James Harden was listed as questionable for Tuesday\u2019s game<\/a> in Portland and \u201cstruggling\u201d with a sore neck according to Steve Nash, the former MVP went through pregame warm-ups before being cleared and put back in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Harden had suffered the injury in a collision with Washington\u2019s Garrison Matthews late in the first half of Sunday\u2019s win. He was down for several minutes being worked on by Nets medical personnel, but played the second half and downplayed the injury postgame.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got hit. That\u2019s part of basketball,\u201d Harden shrugged before Tuesday\u2019s 116-112 Nets win. \u201cI got hit in the jaw. My neck kind of twitched. I\u2019ll be all right. It\u2019s nothing. Get some treatment on it, get some rest and be ready to go the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Harden was right.<\/p>\n

Still, even before the neck issue, Nash had acknowledged concern over how many minutes the 31-year-old was piling up. Harden came into Tuesday leading the league with an average of 37.9 minutes played.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m concerned about the minutes,\u201d Nash said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure what the answer is, though. He controls the game. He hasn\u2019t shot the ball well since the [All-Star] break, but he [makes 3s], he gets to the line. He makes assists, rebounds, steals. He\u2019s great around the basket. \u2026 So it\u2019s hard to take him off the floor because he makes his teammates better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant didn\u2019t fly with the Nets on their trip<\/a>, and he won\u2019t join them Wednesday in Utah or Friday in Detroit. But Nash did say the hamstrung star could be on the verge of returning if this were the postseason.<\/p>\n