Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is anticipated to come from a encourage agonize earlier than the All-Star damage, head coach Steve Nash knowledgeable reporters on Tuesday:
Durant has been out since Feb. 14, missing four video games of Brooklyn’s West Float toll road time out.
The All-Star Sport is scheduled for March 7 in Atlanta. Durant has already been named a starter and captain for the contest.
The 32-one year-previous-customary is averaging 29.0 facets, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Brooklyn has been in a map to climate his absence no longer too prolonged ago because the crew carries a six-game winning traipse accurate into a dwelling game in opposition to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday—the Nets’ first game at Barclays Center since Feb. 10.
With Brooklyn (20-12) locked in a war for the Atlantic Division with the Philadelphia 76ers (20-11), it is gleaming the Nets would desire their Enormous Three wholesome and on the bottom collectively as rapidly as doable.
Nash does be pleased somewhat of leeway thanks to the upcoming time desk.
In conjunction with Tuesday’s game with the Kings, four of the Nets’ next five video games come in opposition to teams below .500 with exclusively a game at the San Antonio Spurs on March 1 providing a matchup in opposition to a winning crew.
The sooner Durant gets encourage, the better for Brooklyn. Alternatively, the Nets excellent could per chance per chance no longer bustle the path of.
