“Ben (Simmons) is just a little calf. We did an MRI; we don’t have the results. But it’s a day-to-day thing for now,” Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez said during his pregame availability on Wednesday. Like Finney-Smith, Simmons was ruled out Wednesday due to tightness in his left calf, which he may have suffered in the last-second win over the Pelicans on Monday.

“Good question because he didn’t tell me,” Fernandez said when asked if the calf strain was related to Simmons saying he had cramps after Monday’s win in New Orleans. “I know there was some tension and that’s why we did an MRI as a precaution. Like I said, we don’t have the results, I don’t know. I know he probably said it. If you say he has said, I don’t know. He didn’t tell me.”