“James Harden leaves Game 1 with hamstring injury”: Nets superstar could be ruled out for entire series vs Giannis’ Bucks with injury complications

Nets star James Harden could miss the rest of the series after aggravating his hamstring injury against the Bucks. 

The Brooklyn Nets are undeniably the favorites to win the East at the moment. Many had their doubts regarding the team and their defense. But, a dominant performance against the Celtics reminded everyone of just how scary James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant can be on a team together.

Dubbed by many as the ‘ISO gang’, fans barely got to see this group perform together in the regular season. And, while many looked forward to watching them grow as a big three in the playoffs, it seems there may be trouble once again for the franchise.

In game one of the Bucks vs. Nets, the big three looked dominant and ready to wreak havoc. But, just a few minutes after the start of the match, something happened that could severely damage the franchise’s chances to win it all this season.

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James Harden left Brooklyn Nets arena to get an MRI done on his right hamstring 

Injuries are never a pleasant sight, to say the least. But, when you see a player struggling after aggravating an old one, just watching can be painful. And we must say, seeing the Beard walk to the locker room incited a very similar feeling.

For context here, James Harden missed as many as 23 games just this season because of a strain in his right hamstring. Worse, he had only very recently returned from it, making it possible that he wasn’t even at a 100% yet.

However, watching the player’s dominance and the team, this likely didn’t occur to most of the NBA community. And unfortunately for everyone involved, a very harsh reminder of this was served.

Nets’ James Harden is OUT for remainder of Game 1 vs. Bucks due to right hamstring injury.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 6, 2021

In the opening moments of the first quarter, Harden was looking to get the offense going. As he drove hard to the basket, he came down a bit awkwardly. Still, it wasn’t bad enough to make fans worry until he started grabbing onto the back of his right thigh.

Pretty soon, it was clear that the former Rockets star was in no condition to continue. And given his body language, many have even speculated that he could miss this entire series.

Only adding to the tension here, it has been revealed that the 31-year-old has left the arena to get an MRI done. That can’t be good to hear for any Nets fan watching the game.

As fans of this beautiful game ourselves, we are intently hoping for the best possible news on the situation.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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