Cannot Show His Best Game, Kevin Durant Even Injured Again

Kevin Durant (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Kevin Durant is still struggling to show his best game again with the NBA team Brooklyn Nets.

The Nets announced Sunday local time that Durant would miss "at least" the next two games with a left hamstring injury.

The team described the injury as "minor" but said in a statement that Durant, who is currently undergoing treatment, could return for Monday's game in Sacramento and the game in Phoenix on Tuesday.

Durant returned from a week-long break on Saturday and played 33 minutes of the Nets' away win at the Golden State Warriors. Durant underwent NBA health and safety protocols on February 5 after close contact with a team employee who tested positive for COVID-19.

Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving are a trio of Nets stars that only a handful of teams in the NBA can match, but the group has only been around this season. All three were formed after Harden was acquired via trade in mid-January, and only seven games have been recorded together.

According to ESPN as reported by Antara on Monday, the Nets have used 17 different starting line-ups this season, the most in the NBA.

Durant has missed nine of the Nets' 28 games this season, and Brooklyn has packed the score 2-3 without him.

Durant has averaged 29 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game this season after being sidelined throughout 2019-2020 due to recovery from a torn Achilles injury in game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals.