Another Kevin Durant highlight video surfaced Sunday afternoon on YouTube.
Unlike most clip packages of the four-time NBA scoring champion, which feature his diverse offensive arsenal, this video showed Durant using his 7-foot, 5-inch wingspan to swat a career-best six shots in the Warriors’ win Saturday over Minnesota. Those uninterrupted 57 seconds of blocks reinforced his greatest strength: the ability to provide precisely what his team needs.
With Draymond Green sidelined by a left ankle contusion, Durant filled in as Golden State’s go-to interior defender. He also chipped in 28 points, 10 rebounds and five assists — a stat line that had never before been recorded in franchise history (blocks were first tracked in the 1973-74 season).