{"id":1799975,"date":"2023-01-09T12:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1799975"},"modified":"2023-01-09T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:06:29","slug":"kevin-durant-exits-nets-game-with-knee-injury-after-jimmy-butler-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-durant-exits-nets-game-with-knee-injury-after-jimmy-butler-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Exits Nets Game With Knee Injury After Jimmy Butler Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-durant-exits-nets-game-with-knee-injury-after-jimmy-butler-collision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1799975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MIAMI \u2014 Nets star Kevin Durant was forced out of Sunday\u2019s game in Miami with an apparent right knee injury. He didn\u2019t return and the severity is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Heat wing Jimmy Butler had his shot blocked by Ben Simmons with 1:05 left in the third, and fell awkwardly into Durant\u2019s knee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Durant was down for several seconds in discomfort, before being helped to his feet. He tried to stay on the floor, and play through the pain.\u00a0But the Brooklyn star turned the ball over on the next possession, and looked to be massaging his knee on defense on the ensuing trip back downcourt.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets took a timeout down 80-79 with 36.6 seconds left in the third.\u00a0Durant didn\u2019t take the court after play resumed, heading down the tunnel for evaluation and treatment. He didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/durant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/durant.jpg\" alt=\"Net\" class=\"wp-image-25287472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/durant.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/durant.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Kevin Durant checks his knee after injuring it during the Nets\u2019 game against the Heat on Sunday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YES<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Losing Durant for any length of time would be catastrophic for Brooklyn. They went 5-17 when he went down with an MCL injury last season, including dropping 11 straight. That lack of fight in his absence contributed to his offseason trade request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI \u2014 Nets star Kevin Durant was forced out of Sunday\u2019s game in Miami with an apparent right knee injury. He didn\u2019t return and the severity is unknown. Heat wing Jimmy Butler had his shot blocked by Ben Simmons with 1:05 left in the third, and fell awkwardly into Durant\u2019s knee. 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