All-Star Nets guard James Harden will miss the second game of his team’s second-round playoff series against the Bucks tomorrow due to his hamstring injury, tweets Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports.
The team has listed the injury as right hamstring tightness, per Goodwill. Harden exited Game 1 of the series after just 43 seconds, when he re-aggravated the right hamstring injury that had kept him out for much of the second half of the 2020/21 season, his first in Brooklyn.
Harden’s absence did not have an adverse impact on the ultimate result of the game, as the Nets beat Milwaukee in Brooklyn 115-107. The final margin does not reflect how one-sided the contest really was during most of its 48 minutes. The Nets were leading 115-101 with 1:26 of game action remaining when head coach Steve Nash took out his rotation players and emptied his bench.
Guard Bruce Brown started the second half in Harden’s stead, and should get extended run while the bearded one remains sidelined. Reserve point guard Mike James is expected take on more ball-handling duties now alongside All-Star Kyrie Irving. The Nets have not indicated how long Harden will be absent, tweets Mark Medina of USA Today.
Adam Zagoria of Forbes writes that an MRI on Harden’s injured hamstring did not indicate any structural damage to the ligament.
“James has high hopes and he wants to be back ASAP… but it has to be right to take those risks,” Nash told reporters during a Zoom call Sunday. “Only time can tell where he’s at in the coming days.”
This was expected, but hopefully he won’t be out for the rest of the postseason.
He’s fat, and out of shape. Get over it. He quit in your rockets and you still act like he’s black Jesus. What an atrocious take.
When exactly did I say anything even remotely like that after he went to Brooklyn? Believe me, I’m not some bitter ex-fan of Harden like 99.9% of Rockets fans here in Houston are. I’m sorry for being too classy to trash Harden like everyone else here would if they had been in the same situation.
But I’d like to know exactly what I posted about him this season that would make it seem as though I “act like he’s Black Jesus”. Right now he’s the #3 guy for the Nets. That doesn’t sound like a comparison to Jesus, does it?
Don’t give us the “classy route”. We know how “classy” you are. You bash on CP3 and Russ because guess what? Harden is difficult to play with. He does iso ball all the time. He quit on the Rockets and the fact you won’t even acknowledge that he quit, is borderline Stockholm syndrome I don’t get your obsession with Harden yet bash CP3/Russ.
Really lol. A hamstring means it’s over. Nets like Lakers. Think because they are so called stars of NBA. They can turn it on when they want. Reality will set in for Nets too. Bucks better wake up and get that killer instinct. I would look to sweep them. Man take that dagger and shove it down hard. How could you lose gm1. Like Sixers waking up in last 5 mins. Playoffs you take them out. Don’t give them life. You gotta have that MJ and Kobe attitude. Sixers and Bucks better wake up.
Agreed Al. You still can’t figure their 3-pt shooting will stay that poor. It was 4 for 26 taken at one point. I don’t like Giannis playing quasi point guard, there are plenty of guys who should be doing that, and I don’t want him shooting 3s. Get in the paint and get those boards!
Bucks were too rushed and messy. This can happen if Giannis is the defacto PG.
But there is no true PG out there.
Nominal PG Jrue, actually better at 2G or comboG, could have taken another dribble on several drives or controlled the team better.
Nobody really came through between Forbes, Con’ton and Teague, or Middleton, at the other guard. But it has to happen with someone, and Giannis is no Simmons and Simmons isn’t perfect.
With Jrue the Bucks are not the kind of specific, self-aware, “homegrown” team that is opposing the randomly bought team (Nets).
The offense should often wait until Giannis sets deep. Does Jrue have a sense of everything? I doubt Giannis can just be ordered to get low in the post. A PG like Monte Morris like I said months ago… but they threw in with Jrue… now it’s up to the new guy
Giannis is no Simmons, presumably at PG. The truth of the matter is neither of them belong at PG. What kind of PG goes 3 for 10 at the FT line (against the Hawks tonight) and can only make 5 out of 34 three-point shots during the first 4 seasons of his career combined?
That does not sound anything like an elite NBA point guard, or even a mediocre one really. Sixers need a PG, Simmons isn’t the answer.
Give the 76er reins to Maxey next year. Get Simmons to GSW and release the rumors!
Rivers went with Maxey in the 4th, not Simmons, not that Rivers’ favor is proof. Sixers were fast for Simmons who was amazing but 76ers did not close the gap.
Dude who spent the preseaseon in strip clubs in Vegas is injured during the most important part of season? What a shocker
Let’s see if the bucks are serious, or will they flame out again..