Ever since Kevin Durant limped off the court in Toronto on Monday night, fans have been asking whether the Warriors star should have been there in the first place.
Team doctors had cleared Durant to return to play. But he lasted only 12 minutes in Game 5 before suffering another injury, leading to speculation that perhaps Golden State officials allowed Durant, 30, to return too fast when the team was trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Sports medical experts said Tuesdayk, however, that no one could have predicted what happened.
“This is no perfect science,” said Dr.