When Paolo Banchero grew up in Washington, the ultimate No. 1 choice by the Orlando Magic typically viewed Kevin Durant play with the Seattle SuperSonics. He even got to see him up close in a pro-am videogame in the Pacific Northwest.
On Monday, Banchero got to face him for the veryfirst time in the NBA.
Banchero and the Magic matched up versus Durant and the Brooklyn Nets and got a first-hand view of yet another signature efficiency by the previous MVP. Durant dropped a season-high 45 points, 7 rebounds, 5 helps, 2 takes and 2 obstructs in the 109-102 win.
Durant scored 19 points alone in the 3rd quarter and stoppedworking to link on just one of 13 shot efforts in the 2nd half. He just missedouton 5 shots for the whole videogame. In other words, Durant had his method with Banchero and every other gamer the Magic sentout at him.
“That was certainly a excellent efficiency,” Banchero stated. “He didn’t missouton numerous shots. That was a hard cover, guy. I wear’t got much to state about that. That was simply remarkable. That’s what he does. That’s