Kyrie Irving will not play against Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. The Brooklyn Nets star is listed as having no back pain.
Irving comes from a 40-point performance, the best of the season, against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. He played 31 minutes in the 136-125 win against Kings, while hitting 15 of 22 from the field and 9 of 11 behind the hoop.
The Nets are already without Kevin Durant, who lost Monday’s game against Sacramento with a sprained left hamstring and was also eliminated against the Suns.
The Nets big three, Irving, Durant and James Harden, have only played seven games together since Harden was traded to Brooklyn in January.
It will be Irving’s tenth lost game of the season. He was absent for personal reasons in January.
Irving has an average of 28.3 points, the highest of his career, with 5.7 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game this season.