SAN FRANCISCO — James Harden was a late scratch from Saturday’s loss at Golden State, sidelined by a proper hand pressure that hadn’t appeared on the harm report an hour earlier.
“James’ hand has been bothering him for just a few days at the very least,” coach Steve Nash mentioned earlier than the Nets’ 110-106 loss to the Warriors. “He thought it was nothing after which it actually flared up this morning when he awoke. Clearly irritated however what he was feeling [Friday] and [Saturday] morning he awoke with some irritation so he had a scan.”
That scan was an MRI examination, which dominated out something catastrophic however did reveal the pressure.
“[It was] clear of the unhealthy stuff, however a pressure for positive. There’s stuff on the MRI, so he’s feeling one thing and feeling the pressure, and like I mentioned it’s been bothering [him],” Nash mentioned. “However he was like, ‘It’s nothing.’ And now it’s a bit of greater than nothing. He awoke with a marked distinction within the hand.”
Harden’s standing for Tuesday’s sport at NBA-leading Phoenix is up within the air. Nash had no readability after Saturday’s loss.
“I don't,” Nash mentioned. “We’ll need to see the way it settles, however we’re hopeful.”
When pressed on precisely how lengthy the hand had been bothering Harden, Nash had no solutions. He solely may surmise that the star aggravated the preliminary harm at Friday’s apply.
“It’s most likely outdoors of my jurisdiction to say. However what it looks as if is just a few days,” Nash mentioned. “After which capturing and lifting [Friday] flared it up and will need to have … he doesn’t bear in mind an occasion, however the scan reveals the irritation, the pressure. And he’s mentioned he’s had it for plenty of days, so I believe the deduction could be that he irritated it capturing and lifting.”
Harden missed Wednesday’s loss to the Nuggets with a hamstring pressure. He’s recovered from that, however now he and the Nets are coping with a brand new harm.
Whereas Kyrie Irving had a season-high 32 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists, a neighborhood politician was mad the guard was on the courtroom in any respect. San Francisco board supervisor Matt Haney mentioned the unvaccinated star shouldn’t have been allowed into Chase Middle.
“I don’t assume he ought to have gotten the exemption,” Haney advised The San Francisco Chronicle. “We now have an ordinary and it ought to apply to everybody. You’ve received bus drivers and firefighters being advised they will’t come into work until they're vaccinated.
“Then you will have basketball gamers taking part in by a special algorithm, and it breeds cynicism over what are clearly double requirements. If New York received’t let him play at residence, I don’t see why San Francisco ought to let him play right here.”
Irving’s perspective?
“I actually don’t have a perspective apart from echoing what I mentioned the opposite day. Some persons are gonna agree and a few persons are gonna disagree,” Irving mentioned. “He’s entitled to his opinion and I respect it.”
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