{"id":267797,"date":"2021-06-06T02:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-harden-exits-game-1-with-hamstring-injury-in-nets-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2021-06-06T02:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:50:47","slug":"james-harden-exits-game-1-with-hamstring-injury-in-nets-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-harden-exits-game-1-with-hamstring-injury-in-nets-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Harden exits Game 1 with hamstring injury in Nets nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#James Harden exits Game<\/a> 1 with hamstring injury in Nets nightmare<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n

Injuries were always the biggest threat to Brooklyn\u2019s Big 3. And another one surfaced yet again, with James Harden lasting less than a minute into Saturday\u2019s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal before hobbling off the court.<\/p>\n

Harden injured his right hamstring on his first drive of the game against the Bucks, and at the end of the first quarter, was ruled out for the rest of the night. He kicked the ball out to Joe Harris in the corner and immedia<\/a>tely clutched at his right leg in clear discomfort. <\/p>\n

Harden didn\u2019t even run to the locker room, but walked slowly as the air came out of the Barclays Center crowd.<\/p>\n

Nets coach Steve Nash quickly called timeout just 43 seconds into the contest and summoned guard Bruce Brown off the bench. Then little-used Mike James made an app<\/a>earance seven minutes in, while Harden was nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n

Injuries and health have been an issue for the Nets all season and the thing that could derail a championship run.<\/p>\n

\"Nets\"
The Nets\u2019 James Harden (l.) reinjured his hamstring in the opening minute of Game 1 against the Bucks <\/figcaption>
Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEvery year your plan is to win a championship \u2013 I think that\u2019s every basketball players\u2019 dream and mindset every single year. Obviously, in reality, it is only a handful of teams that have an opportunity and we\u2019re one of those teams this year,\u201d Harden said before the Nets played Game 1 versus the third-seeded Bucks, a clash many viewed as befitting an NBA Final.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you look at our roster we\u2019re elite too. It\u2019s gonna be a showdown. I\u2019m more than confident going into this postseason just because obviously the roster and then our schemes and the things that we can control and the versatility that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harden had missed games on April 1 and 4, before returning against the rival Knicks. But he lasted just 4:22 in that April 5 victory before he subbed himself out because of the same right hamstring. He missed a career-high 18 straight games before finally returning on May 12 against the Spurs.<\/p>\n

Injuries, absences and COVID-19 quarantines conspired to hold the Nets\u2019 Big 3 to just 202 minutes together this entire regular season. The time was spread over eight games, seven of them starts. Granted, Brooklyn was 6-1 in those games, which tantalized fans with what Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving could do now that they were all healthy for the playoffs.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t last long.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#James Harden exits Game 1 with hamstring injury in Nets nightmare” Injuries were always the biggest threat to Brooklyn\u2019s Big 3. And another one surfaced yet again, with James Harden lasting less than a minute into Saturday\u2019s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal before hobbling off the court. Harden injured his right hamstring on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/20210605_NetsBucks_005cs.1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[108407,70487,64001,80295,70381,106181],"class_list":["post-267797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-5-21","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-james-harden","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-playoffs-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}