On January 16, Beijing time, the Nets won 15 points at home to the Pelicans, Harden scored 27 points, 15 assists, 6 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal, during which he returned to the locker room due to an elbow injury, fortunately the injury was not hindered; Durant's left knee injury was worrying, and he limped away after being injured by his teammates, and retired early due to injury.
Before the Nets and Pelicans game was over, Durant left the arena early.
According to Nick Friedell, Durant left the arena limping, but it doesn't sound like the injury is too bad, it shouldn't be as bad as being injured by Pachulia that year, and it's not known if he will go to Cleveland with the team.
Speaking about Durant's injury after the game, Nash said: "It will be difficult to lose him. Nobody wants to see that; obviously we want the best results.
Nash also confirmed that Durant will undergo an MRI tomorrow; in today's game, Durant played 12 minutes and had 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal on 4-of-8 shooting.
Nets rookie Cameron Thomas said: "It's so unfortunate, you know, Durant is my brother, I don't want to see my brother fall, I'll give him a call."
Today, the Nets beat the Pelicans, with Thomas playing 34 minutes off the bench and contributing 20 points and six rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting.
After the game, Harden said that he and Durant had spoken at halftime, and Durant said that someone had hit his knee and it was too difficult to see him retire due to injury; Harden also said that he would call Durant and hope that his injury would be unharmed; and Harden also said that he would be examined with Durant tomorrow.
After the game, Harden tweeted out the field photos to celebrate this big victory.