There are a few words that can be used to describe an altercation like Durant and Gobert were in. One of those is the word “kerfuffle.” So when a reporter asked Durant about his kerfuffle with Gobert after the game, well, he and Stephen Curry reacted the only way they knew how.
Consider how quickly Manny Machado went from wunderkind of the diamond to baseball bad-boy in just a few years time. Machado has had a few issues in the past — mainly that time in 2014 when he threw his bat toward third base after a couple of brush-back pitches against the Oakland A’s. Once Machado found himself at the center of baseball drama this week, as the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles cranked things up to rap beef-level.
Rudy Gobert was a monster, Gordon Hayward was on his game, and it still didn’t matter. Few teams can overcome their two-time MVP struggling against an elite defense, but we all know the Warriors aren’t most teams. Stephen Curry started 2-of-14 from the field, but fellow MVP Kevin Durant was a beast