NEW YORK – Kevin Durant is back for the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday against Phoenix after missing three games with a bruised left thigh.
Durant was hurt last Sunday against Miami. Coach Steve Nash said the Nets would go in with the goal of playing the All-Star forward fewer than 30 minutes against the Suns. “He might come out flying, he might struggle with his rhythm,” Nash said. “The most important thing is that he gets his legs under him and starts to build his health back and tonight's the first step in that.” Durant has played in just five of the previous 32 games.
In his first season back after missing all of last season while recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon, he has been limited to just 24 games because of injuries and COVID-19