Kevin Durant and the Suns had their season come to a crushing end Thursday night with a 125-100 loss to the Nuggets in game that was never close.
The Nuggets won the series, 4–2, and will play the winner of the Lakers-Warriors series in the Western Conference Finals.
Durant joined the Suns in a trade midway through the season and the team seemed to have all the pieces in place to make a run to the NBA Finals.
Instead, the Suns are now on vacation.
Durant had some very classy things to say about Nuggets star Nikola Jokić after the loss:
"I always knew how great he was...I wasn't surprised at all...he'll go down as one of the all-time great centers that ever touched a basketball"
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 12, 2023
Kevin Durant on Nikola Jokic pic.twitter.com/vmwqNL53Cw
NBA fans loved it:
Real recognizes real https://t.co/7O815g97P9
— Paakow (@AcquahMonneyJnr) May 12, 2023
KD explained it all right here https://t.co/RjKSCcyI1D
— Trill_Cole 🤘🏾🚀 (@D_xColeworld) May 12, 2023
Respect to KD for always keeping it real w/ Jok. https://t.co/2DNUk8nX18
— ReadIcculus303. ⭕️🏀⭕️ (@BigAD303) May 12, 2023
Respect for talking after a nasty L https://t.co/Umn1xxfVwq
— TUNE 🇬🇾 (@StoryofEli) May 12, 2023
Game recognising game https://t.co/g79jZ66or7
— Deomarre writes (@DeOmarre) May 12, 2023
Respect🤝@KDTrey5 https://t.co/qTrP0YoFoH
— gone.tragic (@gonetragic) May 12, 2023
❤️❤️❤️kd https://t.co/O0c1gC36ip
— Adam « GAME 7 » Shelby ☘️ (@Adam931rs) May 12, 2023
