“Hey, watch out!” Kevin Durant left frustrated as Lauri Markkanen tries to injure him the ‘Marcus Smart’ way


“Hey, watch out!” Kevin Durant left frustrated as Lauri Markkanen tries to injure him the ‘Marcus Smart’ way

Lauri Markkanen and Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant has been on a rollercoaster since the start of the season. As he was topping the MVP rankings and also the conference table with Brooklyn Nets. But soon he was seen nowhere as an MCL sprain got him sidelined for months and it just changed everything. Injuries have been always concerning for players like Kevin Durant and especially him since everyone is aware how the Golden State Warriors and he parted ways and now because of him being in rehabilitation the Brooklyn Nets are stuck in the play-in tournament even though they are serious championship contenders in the eastern conference. Recently, in a very important clash with the Cleveland Cavaliers Lauri Markkanen tried the Marcus Smart tactics on KD trying to injure him.

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The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center. The game wasn’t that closely contested and head to head but was sure an unpredicted one. The Cleveland Cavaliers were speechless spectating the great scoring of KD as he led the Nets to a dub. The final box score stands at 118-107 favoring the Nets. Currently, under the leadership of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets are ranked as the seventh seed in the eastern conference with the record of 43 wins and 38 losses at .531.

Kevin Durant

In the game, Kevin Durant dropped 36 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds. Like every other game, the only way to stop him was to get him closely contested and foul him. That’s exactly what Cavs’ Lauri Markkanen tried to do and now is getting criticized all over the internet. The video clip of him pulling the dirty move and fortunately failing stands viral all over the internet.

Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen

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Fans react to Lauri Markkanen trying to injure Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant

The Cleveland Cavaliers were going tough and rough on KD since the start. But with three, minutes and fifty-nine seconds remaining for the second quarter to end Lauri Markkanen guarding Kevin Durant went all in for his ankle as in the contest he would have fallen on his lower body and that’s where seasons and careers end in basketball. Kevin Durant even called him out for that dirty move and so did the officials as a foul was called.

Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen

There are thousands of reactions to the viral video clip. As fans reacting to it troll and criticize both the players involved. Many even call out KD for always thinking he will get hurt and other players do it on purpose. Many also think the Cavs’ guard isn’t at fault. Find some of many such reactions posted by fans on social media platforms here below:

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