Kevin Durant showed up for his Washington, D.C. Goodman League summer debut on Sunday with lots of people to please, but little to prove. After all, the NBA's reigning scoring champion did give spectators at Barry Farms something to remember last summer with a 62-point outburst.
Topping that feat would've been difficult for even the modest NBA 2K champion, let alone the NBA's leading scorer. But fans didn't withstand the sweltering heat and bypass the first half of Sunday night's NBA Finals to see the extreme; they just came to show support for one of the best home-grown ballers in the league do his thing. And Durant answered their wishes.
His performance wasn't 62-point-esque but Durant managed to raise enough "oohs" and "aahs" through his 35 points from a packed crowd, to grade his Goodman League debut as a success. Playing alongside the Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche, Durant and Blatche dazzled at times "inside the gates" for their 3rd Eye ball club.
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