NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons will miss at the least the following three games with what the Brooklyn Nets said is a strained left upper calf.
Coach Jacque Vaughn said before the Nets played Washington on Wednesday night that Simmons was feeling pain at the back of his knee when he asked to come back out of their victory over Orlando on Monday night.
The injured turned out to be the calf, not the knee.
Simmons also will miss home games against Toronto on Friday and Boston on Sunday before he’s reassessed.
Vaughn said Simmons didn’t recall a selected moment when he was hurt and that it could have just been brought on by playing in a variety of games after missing last season. Simmons missed five games earlier within the season with left knee soreness.
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The Nets also said Yuta Watanabe would remain out and be reassessed next week due to his strained right hamstring. The forward was leading the NBA in 3-point percentage when he was hurt after a victory over Memphis on Nov. 20.
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