Kevin Durant can’t catch a break.
Durant rolled his ankle in pregame warmups forward of Phoenix’s 132-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday.
The Suns introduced Durant sustained an ankle sprain, although they didn’t specify what grade, and mentioned he can be reevaluated in three weeks.
It’s a tricky blow for the famous person scorer who solely pressured a commerce to the Suns after Kyrie Irving’s determination to request a commerce forward of the Feb. 9 NBA commerce deadline — a transfer Durant mentioned blindsided him in a February podcast look.
Durant was coming off of a 37-point effort on 12-of-17 capturing in Phoenix’s victory over Luka Doncic, Irving and the Dallas Mavericks.
It appeared he was lastly settling right into a enjoying rhythm earlier than rolling his ankle on Wednesday.
“He’s out there working his tail off, getting ready for the game, and he twists his ankle,” Suns head coach Monty Williams mentioned after the sport. “So I imply, you’ll be able to’t get annoyed at that. It’s life. I really feel unhealthy for him as a result of he feels unhealthy. I noticed his face, and I’ve been round him so many instances, I do know what he’s feeling. I don’t need him feeling that method in any respect.
“I think every team in the NBA is cautious just because there’s a care for the guys that are trying to win games and protect their livelihoods. So this will be no different. We just have to wait and see how he responds to treatment, and we’ll probably get some more imaging just to make sure everybody’s on the same page.”
Durant performed 39 video games for the Nets this season and averaged 29.7 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per recreation earlier than the commerce. He missed the ultimate 14 video games of his tenure with the Nets with an MCL sprain and missed the primary six video games of his Suns profession with the identical damage.
He rolled the ankle moments earlier than his fourth recreation with the Suns.
The Nets traded Durant to the Suns for 4 first-round picks, plus wing gamers Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson. The Suns have 16 video games remaining on their schedule. If Durant misses three weeks, he could have six video games left within the common season earlier than the Suns make a playoff push.
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