Kevin Durant played his first regular season game with the Rockets since being traded to Houston and had a solid performance. The game went into double overtime against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, and Durant’s performance proved he can still be a central figure on a contending team. In the season opener, Durant showed that he was not the problem with the Suns last season.
Kevin Durant didn’t hold the Suns back.
Durant was able to get his shots off efficiently against OKC’s hounding defense even without a subpar offensive supporting cast.