Los Brooklyn Nets they breathe with relief because Kevin Durant will not miss the rest of the season. After being injured on Sunday in MiamiThe worst was feared, but tests carried out on Monday did not reveal any ligament rupture.
while being out for at least two weeks due to a sprain of the medial ligament of the kneeafter which be re-evaluated.
It is possible that Durant will lose more time than just 15 days, but various reports indicate that he would be out for less than the six weeks a sprained ankle cost him last yearwhich led to the collapse of the Nets, from fighting for first place in the East to fighting for the Play In positions, including the request for the transfer of James Harden, who finally went to the 76ers.
The Nets are 27-13, second in the East, just one game behind the Celtics. After falling to 9-11 on November 25, Brooklyn has won 18 of its last 20 gamesfinding the formula since Jacques Vaughn took the position of coach and with KD in MVP mode. In the last 20 games, he is averaging 30.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.1 blocks, shooting 58.9% from the field, 42.7% from 3-point range and 95.9% from the line.
