‘Best player’: Fans react to Kevin Durant’s heroics against Milwaukee Bucks

In Game 5 of the NBA semi-finals between Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night, the match ended with a score of 114-108 in Nets’ favour. It was their talisman Kevin Durant’s heroics that saw the game through to give them a 3-2 lead in the series.

Bucks led the first quarter by 14 points and the second quarter by two points. With Nets being 16 points behind going into the second half, Kevin Durant virtually led the comeback and took the game away in the last quarter on his own. Nets led the last two quarters with a scoreline of 38-21 and 33-21 respectively, to take the win.

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Durant scored 49 points in the game, the second-highest in the team being 27 points by Jeff Green. Fans on the internet can not stop talking about Durant’s match-winning performance in the semi-final. And here are some of the fans’ reactions to his performance:

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Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s performance of 34 points, four assists and 12 rebounds, went in vain. With Durant finishing the match with 49 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in 48 minutes, it was truly his day.