RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The words, scrawled in marker on the tops of his sneakers, remind Kevin Durant why he started playing basketball in the first place.
Even in the Olympics, it's just a game.
On his left sneaker, Durant scribbled, "Have Fun." On the right one, "Smile."
"I forgot to write it last night," Durant said grinning on Thursday.
That's about the only thing he didn't do. Durant scored 27 points with seven rebounds and six assists in a quarterfinal blowout of Argentina. He also executed a two-crossover, Euro-step, one-legged fadeaway in the lane, a sequence of intricate basketball moves that might make an Olympic gymnast envious.