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According to an article written on Friday by staff writer Chris Haynes of ESPN, Golden State Warriors superstar forward Kevin Durant has attributed his sudden rise in technical fouls and ejections this season to a burning desire to win a second straight NBA title.
“It's just my emotions and passion for the game,” Durant said to Haynes on Friday after Warriors practice. “After winning that championship (last season), I learned that much hadn't changed. I thought it would fill a certain [void]. It didn't. That's when I realized in the offseason that the only thing that matters is this game and how much work you put into it. Everything else off the court, social media, perception, isn't important. What people say, how they view you, it's not important.”
During the closing seconds of the first half of Thursday night's 116-107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, Durant was ejected for the fourth time this season after he cursed out a referee following a no-call under the basket.
After the loss at Oracle Arena, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr sent Durant a text message encouraging his star forward to put the ejection behind him and move on.
“It's just a part of the evolution that I'm going through. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not perfect. I don't have all the answers. It will probably take the offseason for me to assess, ‘OK, let's figure out how to tone this down a little.' But I'm comfortable sharing this because all I care about is that,” Durant said as he pointed to the team's practice court.
Before the ejection, Durant had 10 points and six assists in just 17 minutes of action before he received two technical fouls and was then tossed from the game by official Tre Maddox.
Durant and the Warriors, who have lost seven of their last 10 games and are dealing with an injury bug that has bitten many of their players lately, will take on the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night at Golden 1 Center.
