He is Kevin Durant. But on Sunday, he was a lesser version of KD and he knows it.
The Nets superstar scored 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting, including 1-of-5 from deep. He also turned the ball over six times as the Celtics keyed on him all game. Kyrie Irving took up the slack, of course, and scored 39 points but the Nets lost Game 1 on a buzzer beater.
“We have another opportunity to come here and get a ‘W’ on their home floor,” Durant said. “We’ve got to try to move past this; look at film but move past it and get ready for Game 2.