DALLAS – Orlando Magic forwards Serge Ibaka and Jeff Green will be playing in Dallas at the same time as Kevin Durant makes his much-anticipated return to Oklahoma City tonight, but the two former teammates of the superstar hope the fan reception is more friendly than hostile.
Ibaka played with Durant in OKC for the past seven years before being traded to Orlando in June. A couple of weeks later, Durant stunned the basketball world by announcing that he was leaving the Thunder for the Golden State Warriors – the team that topped Durant and Ibaka’s squad in the Western Conference Finals last spring after it had built a 3-1 lead in the series.