The hop. The collapse. The reach toward his right Achilles tendon.
It added up to a rare moment of sympathy from even some of Kevin Durant’s most ardent critics.
“You just sit there with your mouth open, and you just can’t believe it,” said Thunder fan Rich Taylor, who watched the game live at home Monday. “You don’t want that to happen to anybody.”
Taylor was the same man who, in a viral 2016 video, planted a “FOR SALE BY COWARD” sign in front of Durant’s former home after he announced his decision to sign with the Warriors.