{"id":308565,"date":"2025-11-26T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308565\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:41:08","slug":"is-kevin-durant-playing-tonight-vs-warriors-latest-update-on-rockets-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308565\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Kevin Durant playing tonight vs. Warriors? Latest update on Rockets star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/houston-rockets\/news\/kevin-durant-playing-tonight-vs-warriors-latest-update-rockets-star\/410581b784214769db347f33?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is Kevin Durant playing tonight vs. Warriors? Latest update on Rockets star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Kevin Durant playing tonight vs. Warriors? Latest update on Rockets star <\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving eve is annually a great night for NBA basketball. The league doesn&#8217;t play any games on Thanksgiving Day, so they typically stack the schedule the night before. This year, there are nine games on the night before Turkey day, including a matchup between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/houston-rockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Rockets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Rockets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden State Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golden State Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant won&#8217;t play vs. Warriors for personal reasons<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, star forward Kevin Durant won\u2019t be out on the court with his Rockets teammates when they take on his former franchise. Durant will miss his second consecutive game due to a family issue. He&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2025-11-26_11AM.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:officially ruled out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">officially ruled out<\/a> of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Durant also missed Houston\u2019s 114-92 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/phoenix-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phoenix Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phoenix Suns<\/a> on Monday night, which was Durant&#8217;s first absence of the season. Ironically both of his absences this week come against teams he previously played for.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The exact reason for Durant\u2019s absence wasn\u2019t disclosed, and we don\u2019t want to speculate. It\u2019s important to remember that the players have lives outside of basketball, and sometimes things pop up.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets were able to win without Durant against Phoenix, and they\u2019ll look to do the same against Golden State. Prior to missing the game against Phoenix, Durant had appeared in all 14 of Houston\u2019s games on the season and posted averages of 24.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals per performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Kevin Durant playing tonight vs. Warriors? 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