{"id":232025,"date":"2021-04-21T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durants-thigh-injury-is-minor\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:16:43","slug":"kevin-durants-thigh-injury-is-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durants-thigh-injury-is-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant’s thigh injury is minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant’s thigh injury is minor<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Nets received bad news<\/a> Tuesday regarding James Harden\u2019s hamstring rehab, but at least Kevin Durant\u2019s recovery from a thigh contusion app<\/a>ears to be going much better.<\/p>\n

A source confirmed that Durant\u2019s injury is considered minor enough that it didn\u2019t require him to return to Brooklyn. He\u2019s still with the Nets on their three-game<\/a> road trip<\/a>, which continued with Tuesday\u2019s 134-129 win at New Orleans, and a second source familiar with the situation classified it as minor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Kevin\u2019s is more positive [than Harden\u2019s]. I think he\u2019s had a scan and it\u2019s more of a day-to-day thing. We\u2019ll see if it\u2019s in the next few days or more,\u201d Nets coach Steve Nash said. \u201cBut that scan was not alarming or negative in that respect. So we\u2019re hopeful he can be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant is averaging 27.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists this season. He\u2019s shooting 54.3 percent overall, 46.2 percent from deep and 87 percent from the stripe in an uber-efficient campaign.<\/p>\n

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The 32-year-old lasted just four minutes in Sunday\u2019s loss at Miami, a setback that predictably had Nets fans concerned, considering Durant\u2019s injury history. Durant missed 18 months with a ruptured Achilles tendon. He then sat 23 straight games this season with a hamstring injury, not returning until April 7.<\/p>\n

The Nets also played Tuesday without Tyler Johnson (knee), Chris Chiozza (hand) and Spencer Dinwiddie (ACL), while young bigs Nic Claxton and Reggie Perry sat out for health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n

That left the Nets with just nine players versus the Pelicans, so they may have to reconsider their policy against using Irving and Blake Griffin on back-to-backs. The Nets play Wednesday against the Raptors in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a chance Blake could play back-to-back. We\u2019ll see how it goes and make those decisions [Wednesday],\u201d Nash said. \u201cBut it\u2019s tricky. It\u2019s a tricky stretch for us here, you know?We\u2019re getting very close to the playoffs, we\u2019re dealing with many different kind of physical ailments on different fronts.\u201cAnd so, navigating the schedule is going to be as important as our performances in some respects. So very difficult stretch for us coming up here and we\u2019ve just got to stay positive, chip away, try to get better and also not allow guys to be overexposed, and succumb to unnecessary injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n