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Nets get Harden back for Christmas as NBA grapples with Covid

Brooklyn star James Harden reacts during an NBA game against the Atlanta Hawks

LOS ANGELES: Brooklyn Nets expect to be back in action on Christmas Day after the NBA postponed three of their games amid a Covid-19 surge that left them with too few players to take the floor, coach Steve Nash said Thursday.

Nash told reporters that star James Harden had been cleared to return after being sidelined by Covid concerns.

Even though fellow stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving aren’t expected back by Saturday, Nash told reporters the team planned to travel to Los Angeles for a marquee holiday clash with the Lakers.

“The plan is to fly to Los Angeles (Friday) and play Christmas,” Nash said, according to the New York Post. “We had to shut everything down just out of precaution.

“It’s tricky,” Nash acknowledged of…

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