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Brooklyn Nets star James Harden published that he played through a Grade 2 hamstring stress all around the final three games of the Eastern Convention semifinals.
A hamstring stress previously minute the 31-year-veteran in direction of the pause of the standard season, forcing him to scuttle over all nonetheless three of the crew’s final 24 games.
The 2017-18 MVP used to be on the ground to launch the playoffs and looked in all 5 of the Nets’ first-round games in opposition to the Boston Celtics. On the choice hand, he exited Game 1 of the Eastern Convention semifinals in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks after simply 43 seconds.
He then returned for Brooklyn’s Game 5 get, albeit in a grand extra minute vogue.
The Nets looked admire the crew to beat within the East after they steamrolled the Celtics, nonetheless the accidents to Harden and Kyrie Irving illustrated the risks of overwhelmingly orienting a roster round a minute selection of stars.
Harden gave it his all, though, playing 53 minutes in Brooklyn’s Game 7 time beyond legislation loss on Saturday evening. He finished with 22 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and 4 turnovers as Milwaukee evolved to the Eastern Convention Finals.
