Brooklyn: Contact case, Durant will miss the next two meetings

Guillaume Issner, published on Sunday 07 February 2021 at 15:40

Considered as a contact case, Kevin Durant missed the game of the night lost in Philadelphia (124-108). As Brooklyn coach Steve Nash has reported, his winger will miss the next two games.

The coronavirus is a major player in the NBA season, much to the chagrin of the League’s 30 franchises and spectators who, for the most part, are forced to admire the prowess of their favorite team on television. Since the start of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, many matches have been postponed. Several players were also forced to withdraw from the courts to isolate themselves. This is the case of Kevin Durant. Remember, in the night from Friday to Saturday, The Brooklyn winger played against the Toronto Raptors and then was forced into the locker room after testing positive from a franchise employee he was in contact with in the hours leading up to the game. Considered a contact case, KD was then placed in isolation and did not participate in the last part of his franchise lost this Saturday (124-108) in Philadelphia.

Durant not free from reproach

As reported by Nets coach Steve Nash, the same will be true for the next two meetings scheduled for Wednesday in Detroit and Thursday against Indiana at Barclays Center. Nash announced Durant will return to the squad next weekend. Thus, he will be available to accompany Brooklyn on its five-game road trip to the West. It will begin on the night of Saturday to Sunday against his former Golden State team, then will see the New Yorkers face Sacramento, Phoenix and the two Los Angeles franchises, the Lakers and the Clippers. The Durant case has caused much ink to flow across the Atlantic and the revelations ofESPN embarrass the man who has 29.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game this season a little more. Indeed, the American media affirms that KD ended up with the employee of the Nets in a car on three occasions, without wearing a mask. The New York franchise, fourth in the Eastern Conference, would have gone well from this episode.

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