The Houston Rockets have two highly anticipated games on the schedule coming up, but Kevin Durant will not be playing against two of his former teams.

Durant will miss Monday's game against the Phoenix Suns and Wednesday's NBA Cup game against the Golden State Warriors as he attends to a family matter , according to ESPN's Shams Charania. These will be Durant's first missed games of the season.

The Rockets are out to a 10-4 start after acquiring Durant from the Suns in the offseason . Houston has taken Fred VanVleet's ACL injury in stride, boasting the NBA's top-ranked offense .

As expected, Durant has played a major role in the Rockets' explosive offensive attack. He's averaging 24.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting 48.5% from the field and 36.4% from 3

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