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Kevin Durant had 25 points, six rebounds and three assists in the Warriors’ 99-92 win over the Cavs on Monday afternoon in their highly anticipated Christmas day matchup that was their first meeting since the NBA Finals.
While Durant had a solid offensive day, it was his defense (and the defense of Golden State in general) that shined brightest. Down the stretch, Durant found himself tasked with trying to lock down LeBron James 1-on-1 in a tight game and did as well as anyone ever has in that situation.
Whether Durant is the new “LeBron Stopper” or not, his performance against LeBron had the Warriors very happy. While those in blue and yellow loved his effort, very few others felt the same way as there was a wild debate on Twitter late in the game as to whether Durant’s two late turnovers forced on LeBron were really fouls.
After the game, Durant was asked about those two plays and whether he was aware of Twitter buzzing about him getting away with two no-calls on questionable at best contact. Durant, who is no stranger to Twitter controversy, made his feelings clear towards those bringing their hot foul takes to social media.
Kevin Durant on the Twitter debate that his final defensive stand was a foul: "Keep that shit on Twitter" pic.twitter.com/CpJ0lyCnm5
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 25, 2017
“It felt clean,” Durant said. “It was probably the same play a bunch of those dudes on Twitter were probably arguing about at 24 Hour Fitness that that wasn’t a foul. They’ve been in that position before but just not on Christmas at the Oracle Arena, so they know if they ain’t call it, it’s not a foul, but I’m sure if they get that call next week at 24 Hour Fitness they gonna be pissed they called a foul. So, keep that sh*t on Twitter.”
Sassy Kevin Durant is always fun, but let’s not act like Durant wasn’t spending hours in his own mentions on burner accounts arguing with these same people on Twitter over the summer after winning the Finals MVP. Durant might want to act like he’s above the Twitter folk when it comes to something like this and, while he’s for sure a better basketball player and way more successful than them, let’s remember that deep down he’s one of them at heart.
