Ben Simmons had been regaining color for two weeks, with complete matches and almost always finished with more than 10 points. But his left knee is not yet decided to leave him alone.
The evidence against Orlando. In the second quarter, the former Philadelphia, who feels discomfort, asks to leave and will not return from the game. In eleven minutes, he did not score.
“We will monitor this day by day”explains Jacque Vaughn at ESPN. “We’ll see how his knee responds to treatment, how he feels on Tuesday. »
The Nets coach seemed quite calm and dismissed the idea of a possible relapse. We know that Ben Simmons was ruled out for several matches because of his knee at the start of the season.
“I think it’s the accumulation of matches”, launches Jacques Vaughn. “He hasn’t seen such a sequence for a long time and it’s starting to do a lot for him. He is being put to the test. »
Kyrie Irving and the Nets are hoping their teammate won’t be stuck in the infirmary for too long. “When he’s not there, we don’t have our point forward or our playmaker,” concedes former Cleveland and Boston. “We miss him, that’s for sure. »
| Ben Simmons | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | PHL | 81 | 34 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 15.8 |
| 2018-19 | PHL | 79 | 34 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| 2019-20 | PHL | 57 | 35 | 58.0 | 28.6 | 62.1 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 16.4 |
| 2020-21 | PHL | 58 | 32 | 55.7 | 30.0 | 61.3 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 14.3 |
| 2022-23 | BRK | 16 | 29 | 63.3 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
| Total | 287 | 34 | 56.0 | 14.3 | 59.6 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 15.6 | |
