Kevin Durant and the Thunder are one more loss away from ending their season earlier than they would have liked. After Game 5’s missed game-winner, KD has been given a new nickname according to The Oklahoman’s Barry Tramel:
[Tony] Allen is inside Durant’s head. Durant is dazed and confused. Hesitant and docile. The Memphis Doberman has turned Durant into mere mortal this Western Conference playoff series. The Thunder is on the brink of elimination, and if Durant doesn’t return to something approaching the Slim Reaper in Game 6 Thursday night, Grim Sleeper is going to be more like it.
Durant went to the foul line three times – and made just one of two on all three trips, including a miss after Crawford’s interruption, when the Thunder trailed 100-99 with 27.5 seconds left in overtime, a score that held up at the end. For six years, Durant has shot foul shots on a string. Mister Automatic. Now he’s unreliable.
So yeah, there’s that.
Oklahoma’s News 9 had a much better headline in our opinion:
“Mr. Unreliable” ?? We respectfully disagree. Good luck tonight, Thunder! #webelieveinKDpic.twitter.com/qDHJTk1pEU
— News 9 (@NEWS9) May 1, 2014
