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Niyo: Durant delivers in ‘his moment’ with Warriors

Cleveland — You can argue about how poetic the moment was, just as you can debate whether this was justice.

But for Kevin Durant, there was no denying how this felt, as he grabbed a rebound and loped up the court, the ball in his hand, the game on the line, and LeBron James, the four-time MVP and reigning King, standing in his way. He saw James’ feet behind the three-point arc, and he knew there was less than a minute to play. But he was at ease in transition, just as he has been all along this spring, strangely enough, the hero turned villain, the passenger now in the driver’s seat.