Kevin Durant received away along with his most brutal mistake in Tuesday’s season-opener. However his different miscues have been sufficient to assist the Houston Rockets lose a double-OT recreation to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-124.
With 2.2 seconds left within the first extra time, Tari Eason blocked a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shot and Durant grabbed the rebound. He then signaled for a timeout — one which the Rockets did not have, since they took their remaining one two possessions earlier. A horrified Alperen Sengun grabbed KD and the referees did not discover as time expired.
Kevin Durant nearly had a Chris Webber second
Within the 1993 NCAA remaining, Chris Webber referred to as a timeout his Michigan group did not have, giving North Carolina two foul pictures, the ball and an NCAA title. If the officers have seen and granted Durant’s timeout, it will have been a technical foul, giving the Thunder an opportunity at game-winning free throws — and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a 86.2% p.c foul shooter.
Each Durant and Webber are former Golden State Warriors, however not less than Webber did not commit his gaffe in entrance of a crowd that is been booing him nonstop for 9 years. The Thunder followers who by no means forgave Durant for leaving would have been thrilled to see him blow a recreation with a mistake you need to by no means see from a participant in his nineteenth NBA season.
