Durant out indefinitely with knee injury

Kevin Durant's knee injury may be worse than first thought with the Golden State star to be re-assessed in four weeks time.

Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. (AAP)

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will be out indefinitely after he sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and bruised a bone in his leg during a game in Washington.

The team said Wednesday that its medical staff hasn't ruled him out to return before the end of the regular season.

The All-Star forward hyper-extended his knee early in the Warriors' 112-108 loss to the Wizards on Tuesday night and later underwent an MRI, which revealed a grade two sprain in the knee and a bruised tibia.

Durant is scheduled to be re-evaluated in four weeks, so if he were fully healthy then, that would leave about two weeks remaining in the regular season.

The Warriors became the earliest team in NBA history to clinch a playoff berth when they beat the Nets on Saturday and are now focused on locking up the No.1 seed in the Western Conference.


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