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The Golden State Warriors suffered a major roadblock in their pursuit of a third straight championship when Kevin Durant went down with a non-contact leg injury in the third quarter of last night’s game.
Kevin Durant suffers non-contact injury that appears to be an Achilles injury pic.twitter.com/Dv7Gu1QmLL
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) May 9, 2019
Thankfully for Durant the injury wasn’t as serious as initially believed but he will have to sit out for at least a week which means he will not be returning in this series.
Kevin Durant injury update: pic.twitter.com/M4oQBpLPyq
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) May 9, 2019
Breaking: Kevin Durant has suffered a mild calf strain on his right calf and is out for the rest of the series vs Houston, sources tell @wojespn. He will be re-evaluated next week. pic.twitter.com/pZ8QcotnFj
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 9, 2019
Warriors will have to find a way to beat Houston in Western Conference semifinals, but Kevin Durant could be back for the Western Finals. https://t.co/NpwRRAPXkh
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 9, 2019
While the Warriors were able to rally back without Durant fans on Twitter are wondering if the Rockets will be able to capitalize now that KD will officially be out the next two games.
https://twitter.com/GrootRoot/status/1126575167302356992
https://twitter.com/KofieYeboah/status/1126569799688044544
https://twitter.com/contacthanad1/status/1126578622393921538
"There is no excuse for the Houston Rockets not to win this series."
–@stephenasmith pic.twitter.com/F9g3DBXluC
— First Take (@FirstTake) May 9, 2019
"If the Houston Rockets can't win that game, get them out of my sight, just write them off, let's just stop it right here. I don't want to see them get embarrassed at home once again by a team without Kevin Durant." — @RealSkipBayless pic.twitter.com/fWBWu5bSc2
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) May 9, 2019
The NBA playoffs just got really interesting with KD’s injury.