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James Harden will miss a game for the first time this season after the Brooklyn Nets confirmed he will be rested against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
The 2018 MVP has started all of the Nets’ 26 games this season, leading Brooklyn in minutes played with 941, ahead of Kevin Durant (871).
Harden is also coming off another 40-plus-minute game in Friday’s 113-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The point guard currently ranks sixth in minutes per game (36.2) this season.
“Fourty [minutes]. Three times in a row. 40,” Harden told reporters with a wry grin after Friday’s game having clocked up 162 minutes in their past four games.
“I want to win man. I don’t care about nothing else but winning. I don’t care about nothing else. That’s all.”
The Nets are top of the Eastern Conference with an 18-8 record while the Pistons are last with a 4-21 record after 11 straight defeats.
Harden, who started the season slow, is averaging 20.8 points, 9.6 assists and 7.9 rebounds.
