Kevin Durant

In the midst of the Brooklyn Nets' 102-101 win against the Miami Heat Sunday night, the team lost superstar Kevin Durant, who left the game in the third ...

[Kyrie Irving](/nba/players/1779901/kyrie-irving/) and others will now have to make up for the 30 points that K.D. On Monday, the team announced that Durant has a right MCL sprain and will be re-evaluated in two weeks. When Durant was sidelined last season, the Nets went just 5-16, including an 11-game losing streak, showing just how important Durant is to this team.

Brooklyn has won 18 of its last 20 games after a tumultuous start to the year and has climbed to second in the Eastern Conference. The Athletic's instant ...

What about Patty Mills and [Markieff Morris](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/markieff-morris-j4uvbWutmKDfJnLs/)? Warren](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/tj-warren-te6am5kOZ0yFvULt/) take on a bigger role in the offense? Does [Cam Thomas](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/cam-thomas-8e5vWoHnvxG1j6f1/) return after being out of the rotation for a bit? [Ben Simmons](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/ben-simmons-xfSMIwcIYOvLWzUw/) increasing his scoring would be a welcome sight. Last year, Durant’s injury changed the course of the Nets’ season for the worse. He missed the entire 2019-2020 season.

Superstar Kevin Durant has a sprained right knee and is likely to miss at least two weeks according to the Brooklyn Nets I Durant was hurt on Sunday during ...

Durant has led the Nets to 18 wins in their last 20 games and a 27-13 record, a game behind Boston for the best record in the NBA. The Brooklyn Nets will be without superstar forward Kevin Durant for at least two weeks after he sustained a right MCL sprain in Sunday night's victory over the Miami Heat. Superstar Kevin Durant has a sprained right knee and is likely to miss at least two weeks according to the Brooklyn Nets I Durant was hurt on Sunday during the third quarter of the Nets' 102-101 victory in Miami after the Heat's Jimmy Butler fell into his knee

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant suffered an MCL sprain during Sunday night's win over the Miami Heat. Heat star Jimmy Butler fell into Durant after ...

While it is encouraging that Durant will not be out as long as he was last season, the Nets are still looking at around one month without their best player, which really damages what has been an incredible run for them. Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant suffered an MCL sprain during Sunday night's win over the Miami Heat. According to Wojnarowski, there is optimism that this MCL sprain is not as severe of the one Durant suffered last season.

The Nets (27-13) will be without superstar forward Kevin Durant (isolated MCL sprain) for at least two weeks, roughly six games. On the promising side, ...

On the lower rung of the ladder, the The efficiency on both ends of the floor skyrocketed in Brooklyn’s scorching-hot month of December and has carried into the new year. His scoring punch, with the ability to create his own shots, will take the next step in Durant’s absence. On the offensive end, Vaughn has shown on various occasions he has the ability to spread out scoring. Despite some tough competition ahead, Brooklyn is in a much better place now than when the team had to cope with Durant’s sprained MCL (on the other foot) last season. Irving is averaging 26.0 points on nearly 50.0% shooting from the field and nearly 37%. Riding a hot stretch, winning 18 of their last 20 games, the Nets are only a game behind the Eastern Conference top-seeded Celtics. Before this season, he averaged 16.9 points a game on 12.3 shots. On a smaller, yet more impactful scale, Brooklyn is more comfortable with their lineups this season. According to Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Lewis, there’s optimism that this injury is a less severe injury, unlikely to sideline him for more than a month. The Nets (27-13) will be without superstar forward Kevin Durant (isolated MCL sprain) for at least two weeks, roughly six games. Regardless, Durant is slated to be re-evaluated in two weeks.

An MRI exam on Tuesday (all times AEDT) revealed that Durant was diagnosed with an isolated MCL sprain of the right knee. The injury occurred with a minute left ...

That was believed to have been a Grade 2 injury, with a Grade 1 being a shorter-term injury. Durant will be re-evaluated in two weeks, but he’s all too familiar with this injury, and it has cost him over a month in both 2017 and again last season. The Nets – who’d been 27-15 at that point – went just 5-16 in his absence, including dropping 11 straight games. Durant has been an integral part of Brooklyn’s strong start to the season, which has left the Nets second in the Eastern Conference, one game behind Boston with 27 wins and 13 defeats. Another sprained MCL in 2017 — along with a bone bruise — cost Durant over a month in 2017 with Golden State. Durant sprained his MCL on Jan.