Hyper discreet at the start of the season and then stuck in the infirmary, Ben Simmons had managed to turn a corner during his last outings with the Nets. Unfortunately, he was cut off in his tracks by a new sore during the last game once morest Orlando, a sore that will keep him away for several games…
We will still have to wait a little to hope to see one day this version of the Nets, with the trio Kevin Durant – Kyrie Irving – Ben Simmons, running at full speed.
Shams Charania de The Athletic first announced the news: the Australian should miss several matches due to a contracture in a leg muscle, without providing further details. Suddenly Nick FriedellESPN showed up to drop some more info, stating Simmons had a calf hit and would miss Brooklyn’s next three games at least.
Nets say Ben Simmons has been diagnosed with a left lateral upper calf strain. He will miss at least the next three games and will be reassessed following that.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 30, 2022
It’s a bit of a back to square one for Simmons, and frustrating news knowing that the former Sixer had started to find his groove in his last outings with the Nets. Of the six games between November 15 and 25, Simmons was shooting 15.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.2 blocks, all at… 82% shooting success. Figures much higher than those of the beginning of the season but besides the stats, we especially felt a more aggressive, sharper, more involved Bennie, in short, a Bennie who was starting to look a little more like the one we were used to. to see in Philadelphia.
It is all the more regrettable that the good individual performances of Simmons were reflected on the collective level. After the chaotic start to the season that the Nets experienced for the many reasons that we know, they had found a semblance of cruising speed with in particular 5 wins in their last 7 games. What to put back a little in the hierarchy of the Eastern Conference.
This new boo for Simmons therefore disrupts this positive momentum, which was rare enough to be underlined. In other words, it’s a bad time, especially given the upcoming program for Jacque Vaughn’s men (Washington, Toronto and Boston).
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Source texte : The Athletic, ESPN
