43 seconds and then goodbye.

James Harden, again injured in the thigh, had to leave the field at the very start of the game on Saturday in the first round of the NBA play-offs semi-final between Brooklyn and Milwaukee on Saturday.

The severity of this relapse, since the Nets have confirmed he was indeed suffering from ischio, remains to be determined, but it falls badly.

Harden could miss - at least - everything else in this showdown heralded as a pre-letter final in this Eastern Conference.

“You never want that to happen to someone like James, who is such an important, incredible player,” said coach Steve Nash.

I'm heartbroken for him.

I don't know what's going to happen, if he's going to play the next game, if he's forfeited… I have no idea.

Harden had missed five weeks of competition in the spring because of the same right thigh injury.

Durant and Irving assure

On this match 1 however, his absence was not too felt.

The Nets were able to count on the other two members of the "Big3" to beat the too soft Bucks (115-107).

Kevin Durant (29 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks) and Kyrie Irving (25 points, 8 assists), took matters into their own hands, sometimes even quite magically, with the balancing act of the first named.

By their side, they were able to count on all the newfound energy of veteran Blake Griffin, who, like Harden, has never yet won a champion's ring and does not want to miss the opportunity.

Have we ever seen him throw so much on balloons on the ground, he who loves nothing so much as flying to the dunk?

Not sure and this resulted in a big showdown (18 points, 14 rebounds).

Giannis shemale

“We thought we had to step up our efforts when James had to leave us.

Unfortunately, we often had to play like that depending on the injuries and the whole team did a good job.

We have guys who know how to get started, and then we had Kevin and Kyrie doing what they have to do, ”commented the winger.

From the Bucks, there is basically only the performance of Giannis Antetokounmpo (34 pts, 11 rebounds) and to a lesser degree that of pivot Brook Lopez (19 points to 8/11, 5 rebounds) to save.

Further proof that the outside address was terribly at half mast, like that of Khris Middleton (6/23, 13 points, 13 rebounds).

The Bucks will need a collective reaction and beef up their game on Monday, because Brooklyn not only has two more able-bodied stars but also soldiers who are working hard to guarantee it firepower.

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