Update: The Nets have announced that the MRI revealed a sprained medial collateral ligament in the knee. According to ESPN, Brooklyn hopes that Kevin Durant will be out between four and six weeks!
Watching Kevin Durant hold his knee while grimacing is never good. All Brooklyn was scared when Herb Jones swung Bruce Brown on the joint of his teammate, who left the match in stride.
“Of course it would be hard to lose him”, reacted Steve Nash after the meeting. “Nobody wants to see that and we’re going to hope it’s not too bad, but regardless of the diagnosis, we have to keep working, building and growing to improve and be competitive. »
The episode is somewhat reminiscent of February 2017, when Zaza Pachulia fell on the knee of Kevin Durant, then at the Warriors, forcing him to miss a month of competition. Nevertheless, KD seemed much less worried as he left Barclays Center. It must be said that the contact with Bruce Brown seems this time much less violent.
However, we will have to wait for the results of the MRI to know exactly what is going on.
“Tonight, with what happened with K [Kevin Durant], the fact that Kyrie Irving can only play away, but also Joe [Harris], Thread [Claxton], LaMarcus [Aldridge]… But we’ve been a resilient group since I’ve been here and we just have to keep going. Keep pushing, over and over” philosophait James Harden.
With a Kyrie Irving present intermittently and a Kevin Durant who could miss a few games, the Nets will therefore particularly rely on James Harden, who has been in very good shape lately.
” It’s difficult “, explained Steve Nash, after the 40 minutes played by the former Rocket. “No Kyrie, no Kevin, no Joe… He’s going to have to play a lot, so obviously we’ll have to be careful how many games he plays and how many minutes, but we’re definitely going to need him on the pitch. . »
| Kevin Durant | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2007-08 | SEA | 80 | 35 | 43.0 | 28.8 | 87.3 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 20.3 |
| 2008-09 | OKC | 74 | 39 | 47.6 | 42.2 | 86.3 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 25.3 |
| 2009-10 | OKC | 82 | 40 | 47.6 | 36.5 | 90.0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 30.2 |
| 2010-11 | OKC | 78 | 39 | 46.2 | 35.0 | 88.0 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 27.7 |
| 2011-12 | OKC | 66 | 39 | 49.6 | 38.7 | 86.0 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 28.0 |
| 2012-13 | OKC | 81 | 39 | 51.0 | 41.6 | 90.5 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 28.2 |
| 2013-14 ★ | OKC | 81 | 39 | 50.3 | 39.1 | 87.3 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 32.0 |
| 2014-15 | OKC | 27 | 34 | 51.0 | 40.3 | 85.4 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 25.4 |
| 2015-16 | OKC | 72 | 36 | 50.5 | 38.8 | 89.8 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 28.2 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 62 | 33 | 53.7 | 37.5 | 87.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 25.1 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 68 | 34 | 51.6 | 41.9 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 26.4 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 78 | 35 | 52.1 | 35.3 | 88.5 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 26.0 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 35 | 33 | 53.7 | 45.0 | 88.2 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 26.9 |
| 2021-22 | BRK | 35 | 37 | 52.0 | 37.1 | 89.3 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 29.7 |
| Total | 919 | 37 | 49.5 | 38.3 | 88.3 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 27.1 | |
