Kevin Durant will miss at least two games for the Brooklyn Nets with a left hamstring streak, the team announced Sunday.
Brooklyn called the strain light, but said in a statement that Durant will go out on Monday against Sacramento and on Tuesday against Phoenix while receiving treatment.
Durant played his first game in a week on Saturday. He was placed in the league’s health and safety protocols on February 5, after having close contact with a team employee who tested positive for coronavirus. Durant returned to training on Feb. 12 and played 33 minutes in Saturday’s victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Nets’ Big Three from Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving have only played seven games together since Harden was transferred to Brooklyn in mid-January. This total of seven games includes the game earlier this month against Toronto, in which Durant was drawn in the third quarter and placed in the league’s contact tracking protocols.
Durant said Friday that he hopes to use the West Coast’s five-game trip to the West Coast to continue building field chemistry with his new teammates. Now first-year head coach Steve Nash is tasked with reshaping a roster that has already seen 17 different starting lineups – tied for the Wizards for most of the league this season, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Releasing a tear from Achilles that cost him all last season, Durant has an average of 29 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists this season for Brooklyn. He missed nine of the Nets’ 28 games this season; Brooklyn is 2-2 without him since he traded for Harden last month.
DeAndre Jordan, who missed Saturday’s game for personal reasons, is listed as likely to return to the Nets’ injury report for Monday’s game against the Kings.