Tonight was supposed to be a big test for the first-place Philadelphia 76ers, up against a Brooklyn Nets team that many have now dubbed the favorite to come out of the Eastern Conference following the acquisition of All-NBA guard James Harden. Alas, we won’t get to see Brooklyn’s new Big 3 of Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant in action, as Durant won’t be with the team following a bizarre sequence of events yesterday.
After an associate of Durant’s returned an inconclusive COVID-19 test, the Nets star was held out of the starting lineup for Friday night’s game against Toronto.