Kevin Durant

The Rockets are back in this series because they stopped waiting for a veteran rescue and started trusting their youngest lineup. With Kevin Durant set...

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Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors are forced to watch the NBA Playoffs from the sidelines but are looking for ways to make it back next year.

The Houston Rockets have won the last two games in their series against the Los Angeles Lakers after being down 3-0, and they’ve done so without Kevin Durant. It looks like they’ll have to win another one with him sidelined, as Shams Charania offered an update on Get Up about the Rockets’ star injury. “Kevin […] The post Kevin Durant out for Game 6 vs. Lakers after Rockets extend series again appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Kevin Durant will not play in Game 6 against the Lakers because of the ankle injury that has sidelined the Rockets star for most of Houston's first-round playoff series, sources told ESPN.

Rockets forced to lean on youth again as Kevin Durant misses another playoff game.

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Kevin Durant has only been available for a single game this postseason.

Joel Embiid turned in a fantastic Game 5 performance and the Sixers kept their season alive Tuesday night by beating the Celtics.

The Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers were underdogs going into their first-round playoff series. Orlando looks to become the seventh No. 8 seed to advance when it plays at top-seeded Detroit. The fourth-seeded Lakers, who are without the injured Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, host the fifth-seeded Rockets, who have missed Kevin Durant for three of the four games.

The Rockets, again facing elimination, officially ruled out star forward Kevin Durant for Wednesday night's Game 5 against the Lakers because of a left ankle sprain.

The Houston Rockets did well to respond with an emphatic 115-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of their first-round matchup, doing just enough to stave off elimination. But while they may live to see another day, circumstances are still looking dire for the Rockets. Kevin Durant has already been ruled out […] The post Zach Lowe expresses uncertainty on Ime Udoka’s Rockets future appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Here is a blockbuster trade idea that would send Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to the Clippers to form a new Big 3 with Kawhi Leonard.

The Houston Rockets are facing elimination against the Los Angeles Lakers, in their NBA Playoffs series. Houston is getting some more bad news as it seems Kevin Durant won’t be available for Game 5. “The expectation is the Rockets will be without Kevin Durant for Game 5,” ESPN reporter Shams Charania said on the network […] The post Rockets’ Kevin Durant Game 5 injury update vs. Lakers is bad sign appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Kevin Durant also is unlikely to play in a game where the Lakers can close out this first-round series.

On Monday evening, the Detroit Pistons fell into an inexplicable 3-1 hole in their first round playoff series against the Orlando Magic with a brutal 94-88 loss on the road in Game 4. The Pistons continued to struggle mightily to put the ball in the basket during this game, and the team is now in […] The post Pistons urged to make Kevin Durant trade by Jeff Teague amid flop vs. Magic appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Could Kevin Durant be the next big trade target … again?

All season long, the Phoenix Suns have been exceeding expectations. Many expected them to fall off in the aftermath of trading Kevin Durant away, but the Suns, instead of rolling over, have embraced their identity of pacey yet gritty basketball after bringing in a culture-setter in Dillon Brooks to complement their Devin Booker-led core. However, […] The post Devin Booker’s quiet 1st half vs. Thunder has Suns fans fearing a sweep appeared first on ClutchPoints.