Brooklyn Nets player Ben Simmons will not play in his team’s game on Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team has confirmed. This comes after coach Jacque Vaughn described the 26-year-old player as day-to-day after the player experienced discomfort in his left knee during the Nets’ 109-102 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday.
Simmons had to leave the game after experiencing pain in his left knee; the latest flare-up in what has been an ongoing knee problem for the player. Wednesday’s clash with the Wizards will be the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season through injury.
“We’ve got to play smaller—he’s one of our bigs out there,” teammate Kevin Durant commented when asked about changes that will have to be made to the team in Simmons’ absence. “So I thought Coach did a good job of trying to pick out the small lineup on the fly. We got to play a little faster, and I think we all got to do a good job of gang rebounding, doing the little stuff when he’s not out there.”
Yuta Watanabe also remains unavailable for the Wizards game as he continues to battle a right hamstring strain.
