{"id":14679,"date":"2024-10-19T07:59:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T07:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14679"},"modified":"2024-10-19T07:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T07:59:33","slug":"kevin-durant-drops-four-word-reaction-on-trying-to-block-bronny-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14679","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Drops Four-Word Reaction on Trying to Block Bronny James.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179080436-e1729284076842.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179080436-e1729284076842.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179080436-e1729284076842.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2179080436-e1729284076842.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bronny James, Lakers\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-img-load-time=\"791\" data-dom-ready-time=\"841\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Bronny James #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers passes the ball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Phoenix Suns\u00a0superstar\u00a0Kevin Durant\u00a0made a blunt admission after a fan commented on\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Instagram post\u00a0showing his block attempt on\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0rookie\u00a0Bronny James, the eldest son of his longtime rival\u00a0LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKD blocking LeBron\u2019s son in an NBA game sounds crazy,\u201d the fan commented.<\/p>\n<p>Durant replied, \u201cDamn, I\u2019m old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Durant tried to block Bronny James\u2019s drive to the basket at the start of the fourth quarter. But he was called for a foul.<\/p>\n<p>Durant protested the call. The Suns challenged it. But it was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Bronny James, however, missed both free throws as the Suns kept a 92-84 lead over the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lakers\u2019 other rookie,\u00a0Dalton Knecht, rose to the occasion and torched Durant and the Suns with 35 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Knecht proved steadier than Bronny James as he led the Lakers\u2019 magnificent comeback to squeeze out a 128-122 overtime win on Thursday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p>What made the win extra special was the fact that the Lakers played without LeBron James, who took the night off.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Knecht knocked down the game-tying 3-pointer with six seconds left in the regulation to send the game into overtime. Then he rattled off 13 points to finish off the Suns in the extra time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kevin Durant Gives Advice to Bronny James, Lakers Young Players<\/h2>\n<p>Before Durant faced Bronny James and the Lakers for the second time in the preseason, he encouraged them to continue improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust playing hard, trying to establish themselves in the league,\u201d\u00a0Durant told reporters after their shootaround. \u201cRookies in the preseason, you\u2019re just trying to get a feel for the game and get your feet wet, so I can see each game those two guys, not just those two, the younger players in your team that made it Jalen Hood-Schifino, Max Christie and Maxwell Lewis and all those guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get a little bit more comfortable each and every game as you understand your role, what coach wants from you and kind of lean into your routine that you work on every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christie added seven points and four rebounds in 21 minutes as a starter. Bronny James had four points on 2 of 4 shooting and two rebounds in 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Hood-Schifino had a rough shooting night, hitting only 1 of 8 from the floor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Devin Booker In Awe of Dalton Knecht<\/h2>\n<p>Durant\u2019s teammate,\u00a0Devin Booker, was so impressed with Knecht\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable,\u201d\u00a0the Suns\u2019 four-time All-Star guard said of Knecht.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers rookie out of Tennessee connected on 10 of 18 shots, including 8 of 13 from downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know he can shoot the peel off the ball and that opens up everything else for him,\u201d Booker added. \u201cPeople will have to crowd him, easier to drive. I didn\u2019t know much about him until Palm Springs, but definitely someone that I have my eye on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Booker finished with 22 points, while Durant added 19 for the Suns.<\/p>\n<p>Knecht said he was empowered by the Lakers stars to take over down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what he did, to the astonishment of Booker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say it fully took over after I hit the first one on Bol Bol,\u201d\u00a0Knecht said of his game-tying 3-pointer. \u201cI felt good and then I just kept shooting them. The overtime shot felt good and Bron and AD said it was time, so it was just time to go take over. Shoutout to my teammates, they were pulling for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyBronny James #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers passes the ball. 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