Sources: Brooklyn Nets’ James Harden hopeful to return for Game 5 against Milwaukee Bucks

The Nets are tied 2-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Bucks and are preparing to be without guard Kyrie Irving for the rest of the series, sources said.

Irving was injured midway through the second quarter of Sunday’s Game 4 in Milwaukee when he landed awkwardly on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s foot after making a layup over Jrue Holiday.

Irving remained on the ground for several minutes as Nash and the team’s athletic trainers attended to him.

The Big Three of Harden, Irving and Kevin Durant played just eight games together in the regular season and six games together in the playoffs — including the game in which Harden was injured after just 43 seconds.

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