{"id":667899,"date":"2026-03-20T01:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:23:19","slug":"josh-hart-ruled-out-for-nets-matchup-with-new-injury-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667899\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart ruled out for Nets matchup with new injury designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> will be without forward <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/be37098c\/josh-hart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hart<\/a> as they attempt to extend their winning streak to five games on Friday vs. the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. Hart was ruled out for the matchup due to right knee patellofemoral syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Hart missed matchups with the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz last week due to left knee soreness. Patellofemoral syndrome, also called runner&#8217;s knee, is a pain in the front of the knee caused by overuse, muscle imbalances\/weaknesses or trauma to the area.<\/p>\n<p>Hart has remained an integral piece of the Knicks&#8217; rotation during his fourth season with the team. The 31-year-old has appeared in 56 games with 42 starts, averaging 12.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals on .506\/.395\/.710 shooting splits.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Hart ruled out for Nets matchup due to right knee ailment<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3739278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hart-drives.jpg\" alt=\"New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) brings the ball up court in the third quarter against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks are chasing the Boston Celtics for the Eastern Conference&#8217;s second seed as the season winds down. Their four-game winning streak has pulled them 1.5 games back of Boston with 13 games remaining. New York holds a 2.5-game lead on the Cleveland Cavaliers for third.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have the NBA&#8217;s eighth-easiest remaining strength of schedule, with opponents posting a combined 48.2 win percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Nets enter Friday&#8217;s matchup on a five-game losing streak. Brooklyn will be without Michael Porter Jr. (Left Hamstring Strain), Noah Clowney (Right Wrist Sprain), Egor Demin (Left Plantar Fascia Injury Management) and Day&#8217;Ron Sharpe (Left Thumb Surgery) vs. New York.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn has averaged an NBA-worst 95.3 points on 39.3 percent shooting from the field and 32.0 percent from three over its last four games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks will be without forward Josh Hart as they attempt to extend their winning streak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,247,327,304,6,14502,1136,191,3810,3806,2144],"class_list":{"0":"post-667899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn-nets","10":"tag-josh-hart","11":"tag-knicks","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-injury","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-knicks","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkknicks","18":"tag-reporting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116258892088897952","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}