Kevin Durant: 'I need to get mic'd up and get into character so I can shift the narrative'

{Jason} 💎💎: hearing leadership bring brought up in debates is so annoying cos how do you even measure that. Kevin Durant: Good question. I think I need to get mic’d up and get into character so I can shift the narrative
Source: Twitter @KDTrey5

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Shooting efficiency on tightly contested shots vs the Celtics defense:
43.4 eFG% — KD
47.1 eFG% — Giannis
51.1 eFG% — Jimmy
85.6 eFG% — Steph pic.twitter.com/IPAOPeQm13 – 4:45 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 2017, the @Golden State Warriors Kevin Durant scored 39 points in a title-clinching win over the Cavaliers in Game 5 of the Finals.
Durant, who was named Finals MVP, is one of only four players in NBA history to average at least 35 PPG, 5 RPG, and 5 APG in a Finals. pic.twitter.com/D2PQmvmW6H – 1:01 PM Dave Mason @DeuceMason
Late to the party but really enjoyed the KD-Letterman chat on Netflix. – 1:18 AM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
The first Golden State Warriors team with Kevin Durant was listed among The Ringer’s top five NBA teams of the decade. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2020/06/18/war… – 6:00 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Kevin Durant’s per-game averages in Boston’s four-game sweep of the Nets in the first round:
26.3 points
5.8 rebs
1.8 made 3PT’s
42.8% eFG%
Steph Curry’s per-game averages over the first four games vs. Boston in the NBA Finals:
34.3 points
6.3 rebs
6.3 made 3PT’s
63.3% eFG% – 11:00 AM Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
Steph doing this without really any help offensively against the same defense that swept Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will stir up an all-time narrative maelstrom that will reverberate well into the summer. – 10:41 AM StatMuse @statmuse
Players averaging 30 PPG on 50/45% shooting in a Finals series:
— Michael Jordan in 1991
— Kevin Durant in 2017
— Steph Curry in 2022 pic.twitter.com/LECg4xR176 – 10:33 AM StatMuse @statmuse
In four games vs the Celtics
KD Steph
26.3 PPG 34.3 PPG
38.6 FG% 50.0 FG%
33.3 3P% 49.0 3P% pic.twitter.com/qaS3wuKwnq – 10:28 AM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
Stephen Curry last night:
43 PTS
10 REB
7-14 3P
Curry is just the third player in NBA Finals history to record at least 40p/10r with five 3P made.
He joins Kevin Durant (2018) and LeBron James (2020). pic.twitter.com/yscvmeWbmG – 10:01 AM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Stephen Curry thru 4 games vs Boston: 34p/6r/4a 66% TS 34% usg.
Kevin Durant thru 4 games vs Boston: 26p/6r/6a, 53% TS 32% usg. – 1:55 AM Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
43 points – 10 rebounds – 4 assists in a Finals win…
Rick Barry vs. Philadelphia 1967
Jerry West vs. Boston 1965
Shaquille O’Neal vs Indiana 2000
Kevin Durant at Cleveland 2018
STEPHEN CURRY at BOSTON 2022
Only Durant, Baylor and Havlicek ever had 43-10 in a Finals road game. – 1:55 AM Dan Favale @danfavale
players to total 125+ pts with a 65+ ts% through the first four games of the nba finals (via @stathead, since 1983):
— kevin durant, 2017 (137 pts, 66.2 ts%
— steph curry, 2022 (137 pts, 66.4 ts%)
the end pic.twitter.com/sTZN1lArgJ – 11:56 PM Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
Michael Jordan had a chance to pair LaMelo Ball with Mike D’Antoni and instead chose the guy Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving couldn’t wait to get rid of – 6:30 PM

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