Durant injured Irving can only work part-time! The Nets are not low! Can Harden compete for MVP?

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On Jan. 16, the Nets beat the Pelicans. The Pelicans are in the bottom of the West, and the Nets have been basically okay this season. Harden had 27 points, eight rebounds and 15 assists, and he once again used points and assists to revitalize the team. Harden has gradually emerged from the cliff-like decline of the new version of restricted fouls, and although he still does not play the average in some games, more and more games are playing the average.

But there's bad news for the Nets in this game, and that's that Durant is injured. Durant was announced to retire in the second quarter by teammate Brown who mistakenly injured his left knee because of a confrontation. In the first quarter before the injury, Durant showed the style of the Nets boss, shooting 4 of 7, 1 of 2 from three-point range, 3 of 3 from the free throw line, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

According to a prominent journalist, Durant will undergo an MRI examination on Sunday local time to determine the expected downtime for injury. Another NBA reporter reported that Durant walked out of the arena in a normal manner, but he believed that Durant's injury this time was not as serious as his mistake by then-teammate Pachuria when he played for the Warriors. If the test results are optimistic, Durant can even go to Cleveland with the team. Of course, it is impossible to play, and you can only cheer the team on the bench.

After Durant was injured, both Nash and Harden spoke up. Nash said: Durant's injury time is very difficult for the Nets, and no one wants to see this happen, but the Nets still have to work hard. Durant was injured, Irving could only work part-time, and the Nets became Harden's single-core team leader. For Harden, Nash said he's in good shape and needs to play longer in the absence of Durant, Irving and Harris.

Harden said he had communicated with Durant at halftime and would see how he was doing tomorrow after the latter's test results came out, hoping it wouldn't be too bad. Harden also said that it was very difficult to see one of the Nets leaders, Durant, retire due to injury, but it would not affect his mood to end the game, and he wanted to win the game when he played. With Durant and Irving or only Durant or only Irving, Harden can give up the offense and shoot less. But only if he leads the team alone, then his offensive rounds will increase, especially if he is the only giant in the whole field, which is the rocket mode.

So there's a hypothesis that comes out: with Durant injured and Irving only working part-time, the Nets are not ranked low (second in the East)! Can Harden compete for MVP? If Durant is absent for too long and Irving can only play on the road, then Harden's workload will come up, so his data will also go up. So, Harden still has a chance to compete for MVP, only the odds of eventually getting MVP are very low. In addition, if Durant is injured for too long, it will also affect his MVP competitiveness. Last season, James and Embiid wasted their MVP-top capital because their absences exceeded the accepted standard.