New York (AFP)
Kevin Durant will miss the Brooklyn Nets game in Philadelphia on Saturday, his frankness confirmed, after being at the center of a health protocol mess on Friday in a game against Toronto, which he had to cut short for. to have
As a result of the delicate context of the coronavirus pandemic which continues to rage in the United States, a rare procrastination occurred in the context of this meeting finally lost by the Nets (123-117).
The North American Basketball League, whose protocol is that a player with a potential contact case, and therefore subject to a traceability investigation, to stay away from the team, decided before the kickoff sending Durant couldn't start this match.
A few minutes later, she nevertheless allowed him to come into play at the end of the first quarter.
And twist, in the 3rd quarter, the latter was forced to leave the floor of the Barclays Center.
He learned this decision, amazed, as he was resting not far from his team's bench and returned to the locker room, throwing a bottle of water on the ground in frustration.
"I do not understand why he was not allowed to play, then was authorized, then was taken off the field," responded his teammate James Harden, for whom the meeting against Toronto should have been postponed.
Kevin Durant, who contracted Covid-19 last year, has already missed three meetings last month due to a traceability investigation.
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