Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez said that Claxton will sit out Wednesday's game versus the Grizzlies due to hamstring injury management, Evan Barnes of Newsday reports.
Claxton will miss the second leg of the Nets' back-to-back set after he recorded 16 points (8-9 FG), 12 rebounds, three blocks and two assists in 26 minutes in Tuesday's 144-139 overtime loss to the Nuggets before fouling out with 22 seconds left in overtime. The 25-year-old center has come off the bench in each of the Nets' first four games of the season, but his minutes have increased in every contest, and he should soon move back into the starting lineup once the hamstring injury is further in the rear-view mirror.