Fans who came to watch Kevin Durant take on his old Oklahoma City Thunder team on Wednesday were greeted with a rather unpleasant surprise.
Durant was a late scratch for the contest, with Shams Charania of 'The Athletic' reporting that Durant injured his left ankle when he slipped on the court during pregame warmups.
Video soon emerged of the moment that Durant got hurt. You can see that the former MVP badly turned his ankle while going up for a layup.
Durant was not really exerting a lot of effort on that layup attempt, but perhaps the floor was slippery. Either way, that is some really bad luck. More details to emerge after the completion of Wednesday's game.
This was supposed to be Durant’s home debut with the Suns — all three of his appearances for Phoenix thus far came on the road. But that unfortunate injury (which is similar to one we already saw this season), means that Durant’s home debut will have to wait until at least Saturday against the Sacramento Kings. If not longer, depending on the severity.
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