Steph Curry and Kevin Durant go head to head as Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets open NBA season
Kevin Durant was back on a NBA court for his first significant game since tearing his Achilles ligament in the 2019 Finals.
Before Tuesday’s NBA season opener between the Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets, he and Steph Curry shared a natural welcome — but under new conditions.
Durant, who left the Warriors for the Nets soon after that Finals misfortune, gave Curry a handshake, an embrace, and a clear piece of needling about his interlaced hair. It was all grins.
“Good to see old friends. Good to see old teammates,” Durant said subsequent to scoring 22 focuses quickly of a 125-99 Nets triumph. “I wouldn’t say there were any emotions.”
Asked after the game what it resembled to play against Durant, Curry deadpanned. “Awful,” he said. “We got our butts beat across the board.”
Durant played three years for the Warriors, acquiring two titles and two Finals MVP grants.
The Warriors were at the zenith of b-ball during Durant’s residency with Golden State, however the unease was overwhelming among him and different individuals from the association, remarkably Draymond Green, with whom he had a public contention in November of the 2018-19 season.
Green didn’t dress for Tuesday’s season opener because of a foot injury, yet he and Durant grasped after the game. All grins once more.
Past Curry, Green and lead trainer Steve Kerr (with whom Durant conflicted infrequently), Durant confronted a group that is completely not quite the same as the Warriors program he left in July 2019.
Just Kevon Looney and Damion Lee were on the 2018-19 group, alongside Klay Thompson, who will miss this season with a torn Achilles ligament.
