Irrepressible Kevin Durant Scores 33 Against Phoenix Suns

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant continues to bounce back from his stop-start last couple of years. Luckily for the Nets, that doesn’t affect his scoring output.

After three games out, Kevin Durant scored 33 points in 28 minutes to help the Nets to victory over the Phoenix Suns.

Durant’s injury problems go back to his Achilles tendon injury two years ago. He’s also had to sit out this year due to Covid-19 safety measures. Kevin Durant then missed several weeks with a hamstring injury.

Finally, a bruised thigh kept him out for the last three games. Coming off the bench against the Suns, Durant did what he does best.

Want $250 to bet on the NBA?

Sign up here!

“It’s like riding a bike,” Durant said. 

“You get your footing right and just get your rhythm going; and I think my teammates did a great job of looking for me all game, and I just wanted to resort back to that work I put in. The shots I work on at practice and shootaround, try to get to those as much as possible to gain my rhythm and then start to get a little more creative as the game progressed. It was a good start.

“Hopefully, I build on this game and keep going.”

Durant was on a minute restriction for this game, with the Nets ensuring they keep their stars healthy for the postseason push.

“You think big picture. I’d rather fall behind and have Kevin in the back pocket than go up and have to say, ‘OK, Kevin, you’re done,’ in the third quarter,” Nash said. 

“I think that’s kind of the give-and-take with it, and he’s been on board with it; so props to Kevin to being willing to try something like this that I think gives us a chance to be as flexible as we can be under these circumstances.”

Read: Bucs’ Rob Gronkowski Sets Guinness World Record With Incredible Catch

“I just deal with it and adapt to the situation,” Durant said. “Coach asked me today if I wanted to start or come off the bench, and I felt like it would be a bigger challenge for me to focus in and lock in if I came off the bench, so I wanted to see how that worked. If I would’ve shot bad, I probably would’ve been pissed I came off the bench, but I was able to knock down some shots. But it was solid exercise for me to ease back into the swing of things.”