Kevin Durant rose up and drained the defining shot of the 2017 NBA Finals in Game 3, a moment KD felt was a passing of the torch from LeBron James.
Durant’s clutch bucket propelled the Golden State Warriors to the title, and sealed his case as the Finals MVP.
Kevin Durant is just heating up https://t.co/ZRQNpJwfRl #GQMOTY pic.twitter.com/CwibVCeB7H
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) November 16, 2017
The 29-year-old superstar says it was especially sweet to come through on the highest level against his “idol.”
Per GQ:
In Game 3, with his team trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers with under a minute to go, he hit the shot of his life—a three-pointer, tossed up as casually and optimistically as a wave hello, over LeBron James, his role model and rival.
“That was the best moment I ever had,” Durant told me.
“I made the game-winning shot in the finals against my fucking idol. Somebody that I really, really, really followed since I was a ninth-grade high schooler. I felt like he was passing the torch to me.”
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