Since the 19-year Finals due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, Durant also missed all the games in the 19-20 season, and did not come back until the 20-21 season, and Durant, who was already wearing the Nets shirt at that time, Also handed over a top stat of 26.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists, the competitive state not only did not show a sharp decline, but was more aggressive than before in the Warriors, but in the middle of the season, Durant suffered an Achilles tendon injury, he only played in 35 games in the whole season, but in the playoffs to usher in a perfect comeback, he still handed over a career-best 34.3 points, announcing to the world that he is still the unstoppable "god of death".
And this season because Harden is not in good shape, coupled with Irving can only return in the near future, and can only play away games, Durant can only continue to open his own rampage mode, 36 games down, he averaged 29.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, three shooting rates were 52%, 37.2% and 89.4%, almost to enter the 180 club. However, in the last game against the Pelicans, Durant was injured by teammate Bruce Brown, resulting in a knee injury, and was diagnosed with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee after the game, and will return after 4-6 weeks of rehabilitation.
At present, Durant's average of 29.3 points per game is high in the first place in the league, 0.4 points more than James in second place, and the third alphabet brother is 0.8 points worse than him, but considering that the return of thick eyebrows is imminent, the old Zhan is likely to reduce his offensive aggressiveness, and the third alphabet brother will also have a certain decline in the average score of the Bucks in the case of the Bucks' full integrity, so Durant will most likely stabilize his scoring throne during this injury absence. And whether he can usher in the fifth scoring throne of his career this season, I am afraid that it is his attendance, currently Durant has played 36 games for the Nets, in view of the NBA has clear regulations, all individual awards are selected, the number of appearances must reach 70%, that is, 58 games, so only 22 games, Durant can qualify.
The Nets have played 42 games this season, with 40 games left, which means that even if Durant has to miss 4-6 weeks, almost 18 games, but if he can maintain full attendance after returning, his number of appearances will reach the standard. Given KD's competitive state this year (it recently hit a Nets career-high 51 points), as long as it doesn't continue to have injury problems, it is likely to be crowned the league's leading scorer.
And Durant was injured this time, the culprit is definitely coach Nash, Durant's playing time this season is enough to come to the fifth in the league 36.5 minutes, 3.4 minutes more than last season's 33.1 minutes, the highest value in 8 years, as a superstar who has just recovered from such a serious injury as Achilles tendon rupture, each game has made him so overloaded, the bad news that Nets fans do not want to encounter has finally come, fortunately, the unfortunate luck is that Durant's injury is not serious this time, if it really suffers a season reimbursement again, it is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Nets.
But on another level, the reason why the Nets can continue to maintain their competitiveness in the absence of major generals (27 wins and 15 losses are second in the East) is precisely because Durant is there every game as a father and a mother, and this time his injury will once again test Harden's single-core team leadership ability (Irving can only play away games),