Durant (COVID protocols) to miss 4+ games

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is expected to require seven days of quarantine before returning to action due to contact tracing and possible exposure to COVID-19 according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

Nets star Kevin Durant is expected to require seven days of quarantine before returning to action due to contact tracing/exposure to COVID-19, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 4, 2021

This is part of NBA's return-to-play process and protocol amid the coronavirus pandemic -- with certain people (players, coaches, staffers) quarantining for seven days when exposed. Durant set to be sidelined the next seven days. https://t.co/z05GLC1ZXw

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 4, 2021

This means Durant will miss at least Brooklyn's next four games.

Charania adds this is part of the NBA's Return to Play process and protocols amid COVID-19 with players, coaches and staffers requiring seven days of quarantine if believed to be exposed.

Durant played in Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards and missed a shot at the end of the game that would have put the Nets on top.

He scored 28 points in 37:37 minutes of action as the Nets were defeated 123-122 to drop to 3-4 on the season.

Durant is averaging 28.2 points in six games so far this season.