Fans quickly clustered around the mouth of the tunnel that leads from the court to the home locker room, the Warriors during the National Basketball Association season and Team USA for this special occasion, and started to scream with 86 minutes to go before tipoff Tuesday night.
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Team USA continues to dominate in the Olympic preparation tour throughout the country and Kevin Durant has been topscoring for the team. He now holds a 77-1 all-time record with the team.
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Durant, who finalized his two-year contract with the Warriors on July 8, scored all 13 of his points during a 13-minute span of the first half while playing his first game at his new home, Oracle Arena. With Green on the Mic He asked everybody let’s give applause to the newest member of the Warriors and the fans were more than happy to follow that request. And so, I heard something come out where they said Kevin Durant and Draymond was talking during the playoffs.
“Certainly you wouldn’t want to be introduced after KD in line”, said coach Mike Krzyzewski, noting Durant’s big defensive strides.
The crowd roared for more than 15 seconds, before finally getting interrupted by DeAndre Jordan’s name ringing out over the speakers.
And speaking of teammates, there was Steph Curry, who made a surprise appearance to support both Durant and long-time teammate Klay Thompson at Oracle on Tuesday night.
While the Durant honeymoon continued for Warriors fans witnessing his debut at Oracle Arena, the exhibition served as a send off for former Warriors Harrison Barnes, who was traded to the Dallas Mavericks following Golden State’s acquisition of Durant earlier this month. They lost plan and simple no debate about that. But he chose to join the team that beat them, Golden State.
While Krzyzewski isn’t saying that his team is required to have zero fun on the court, he would like to see his players show a little more respect for their opponent. His uniform will say US, but his heart is Dub Nation.
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They will be able to see how each other play first hand and what they need to work on in order for things to flow before the season even begins. You broke the hearts of all of the fans in the city that worshiped you. KD likely won’t approach that number Tuesday, but you never know. I agree with Stephen A. Smith. “I think the strengths of this team is defensively we definitely get after it”. Kevin Durant even got a technical foul from the bench by coming onto the floor and celebrating the near poster. “I just keep thinking of how incredible that’s going to be”.
