I Brooklyn Nets, veterans of the impressive victory obtained in Chicago, they will not be able to count on the presence of Kyrie Irving in the challenge against the Oklahoma City Thunder which will be staged in a few hours at Barclays Center, as the Melbourne native is notoriously unable to play home games due to legislative restrictions linked to the vaccination campaign.
In addition, Steve Nash will make it rest Kevin Durant, second in the league for minutes played per game (37.4) behind the solo Fred VanVleet. Although a couple of days ago it was KD himself who publicly declared the precautionary rest useless, the 42 minutes of use in Portland and the 43 in San Antonio should not be underestimated, especially for the amount of waste that could physiologically surface in the absence of a careful management of the phenomenon by Texas University, always called to deal with the fragility of his Achilles tendon.
KD, who will miss the match against his former team, has remained in the pits for a total of five matches so far this season: two due to minor physical ailments and three in compliance with the restrictions of the NBA’s COVID protocol.
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