In a game against the Pelicans, Durant was knocked down by teammate Brown and left the court injured. Fortunately, according to the official news released by the Nets, Durant suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of his left knee, and he will be able to fully recover after a period of absence. Nets insiders believe that Durant's treatment time is 4-6 weeks. That's a good thing for the Nets, and it can also take the opportunity to give Durant a break. But Durant's absence, or trigger a chain reaction: to complete the old Jan alphabet, the Nets are blessed by misfortune?
Durant is the leading scorer so far this season and a strong contender for MVP. But if you miss the 4-6 week game, you may not be able to win these awards.
The first is the scoring king, Durant left the game early because he only scored 12 points, his average points per game fell to 29.3 points, and James chased after him with 28.9 points. Now the Lakers are not in good shape, Westbrook continues to slump, thick eyebrows are also absent for a long time because of injuries, and the Lakers' schedule behind is very difficult, most of the opponents are teams with a winning rate of more than 50%, may force out the full force, the average score per game is more than 30 points, it is not a difficult thing, then Durant will want to chase it is very difficult. James or become the first superstar in history, 37 years old can still win the scoring king?
At present, the first place in the official MVP list is the alphabet brother, he has an advantage in both basic data and high-level data, once the record can keep up, almost no one can stop the alphabet brother from taking the MVP. And now Durant is absent, the Nets' record will definitely be affected, and missing some games will also affect the personal rating, and now Curry is also very depressed, is the alphabet brother going to complete the feat of 4 years 3MVP? However, for Durant, these personal honors have been seen relatively lightly, and he prefers to lead the team to win the championship to prove himself, so it is more important to stay healthy and enter the playoffs.
For the Nets, Durant's injury is not necessarily all bad, it may be a blessing in disguise. The first is to activate Harden, this season's Harden ups and downs, has not played his own super performance in previous seasons, and now he has to control more ball rights and shots, or open the Rockets scoring king mode, don't forget how strong Harden's ability to lead the team, at least in the regular season is unquestionable, equipped with some ordinary role players, you can also play a good winning rate.
Irving or shunshui pushed the boat to beat the vaccine, because the Nets are now outside the lack of scoring points, which is an opportunity for Irving, the outside world will certainly appeal to Irving more, so that his reputation earned, it can also be said that for the team to compromise, everyone will only admire his professional attitude more.
The Nets have actually been adapting to Durant's playing style when he is not on the floor, because this is how last season came, Durant was absent for two months, the Nets instead played a super record, it is possible to adjust this time, and then climb to the top of the East, in the playoffs have home advantage.