OAKLAND, Calif. — The Warriors and the Knicks lost the NBA Finals — a gruesome two-week battleground that has disfigured the face of the once-pretty 2019 free-agent class.
In the aftermath of the Warriors’ crushing 114-110 Game 6 loss to Toronto late Thursday that lit up all of Canada, Golden State coach Steve Kerr officially announced Kevin Durant’s left Achilles rupture would keep him out for all of next season.
While Kerr didn’t have the MRI exam results handy during his postmortem, the Warriors announced at 2:20 a.m. EDT that Klay Thompson’s left-knee injury, which forced him out of the game and onto crutches, was an ACL tear, the type of injury that has kept recent victims out one year.