Durant leads comeback, takes MVP in All-star Game
Will he stay with Golden State or team up with another superstar in New York?
The pleas from fans showered over Kevin Durant as he left the court at Spectrum Center. He ignored them – that’s not what Sunday night was about.
Offseason questions aside,durant unquestionably played a valuable role in Team Lebron’s 178-164 win over Team Giannis in the NBA All-star Game at Spectrum Center. The most valuable, to be precise.
The Warriors’ forward scored 31 points and grabbed seven rebounds en route to his second NBA All-star Game MVP award. His 18 second-half points helped Team Lebron erase a double-digit deficit before decisively winning a track meet of a basketball game.
It’s another piece of hardware for a player who’s won two NBA titles, a regular-season MVP and four scoring titles. He can’t complain about any of them.
“It’s all sweet to me,” Durant said. “It’s hard to rank when everything is special, but it’s cool to be out there with some of the best players to ever play the game. Winning MVP in front of my family and friends is pretty sweet.”
Durant was team captain Lebron James’ first pick of the All-star draft, and was later joined by Golden State teammate Klay Thompson and former teammate James Harden. So while he had some built-in chemistry with a couple of members of Team Lebron, it didn’t take him long to develop some with the rest.
“I think every one of these guys, you can relate to them on a different level,” Durant said. “A lot of these guys come from the same background and same circumstances, so you relate to them on a different level. All our skills match with each other. So you’ve got guys that can play four positions out there.
“So you don’t mind sitting in the corner waiting for the ball to come to you for a three. So you don’t really have to do too much when you’re playing with so many great players. You can do what you’re just best at.”