On January 16, Beijing time, in the Game between the Nets and the Pelicans, Durant suffered an unexpected injury, his left knee was mistakenly injured by his teammates, and then he limped away and returned to the locker room, after a preliminary inspection, the Nets announced that Durant withdrew from the game due to a sprained left knee.
More than 5 minutes into the second quarter, in a defensive round, Durant's left leg was injured by the fallen Brown Jr., after which Durant covered his knees, walked to the sideline to signal Nash to call a timeout, and then Durant limped back to the locker room; Durant was injured in his left knee, fortunately not to be helped out.
After inspection, the Nets officially announced that Durant sprained his left knee and would not return to this game; before the injury, Durant played for 12 minutes, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal on 4-of-8 shooting.
For Durant's injuries, medical expert Rajpal Brar exposed another angle of Durant's knee injury, tweeting: Kevin Durant's knee was overextended and valgus, which usually means a posterior medial angle (PMC) knee injury.
Another medical expert, Jeff Stotts, further reported that Durant's left knee was valgus, a stress that was applied to the MCL (paraligament) on the inside of the knee, and that Durant had injured his left knee.
In the 2016-17 season, Durant was injured by Pachulia, his knee was overextended, and he missed 19 consecutive games due to injury.
Medical expert Evan Jeffries tweeted that it looked like the contact had caused Kevin Durant's left knee to overextend. Two immediate concerns – one is an injury to the Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and the collateral ligament, and the other is a sprain to the knee (which would be the most favorable outcome).
Durant will have an MRI tomorrow, what exactly is his knee injury? We waited quietly, hoping that Durant's injury would not be too serious.