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“What the hell could we have done about Kevin Durant?!”: When Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams couldn’t help but appreciate now Nets star’s greatness after 2019 Playoff series

Tonoy Sengupta
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"What the hell could we have done about Kevin Durant?!": When Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams couldn't help but appreciate now Nets star's greatness after 2019 Playoff series

Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams were hilariously dumbfounded by Kevin Durant’s offensive dominance in 2019

 

Fans who have been watching the NBA for a while now may remember a time when Lou Williams and Patrick Beverley were part of a scrappy, competitive Clippers team back in 2019.

Now, to be honest, that roaster was nothing compared to the one this team has now. However, despite that, as fans, it was really fun to watch the team fight like their lives and careers depended on it. And that’s also likely why they were consistently a playoff team no matter what.

Unfortunately for them though, in 2019, their playoff matchup in the first round didn’t exactly inspire a lot of confidence. ‘Why’, you ask?

Well, because they had to go up against the Greatest NBA Team of All Time. The Super Team era of the Golden State Warriors.

Despite the mismatch, however, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams forced this series to 6 games, but eventually lost it 4-2.

After it was all said and done, both Lou and Pat Bev sat down for their post-game interview with reporters. And here, let’s just say, they had perhaps the greatest interview moment in NBA history.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams admit there was absolutely nothing they could do about Kevin Durant

When you really think about it, what can anybody actually do about Kevin Durant?

He is a near 7-foot sniper, with a guard’s handles and quickness, alongside the elevation to challenge anybody. Simply put, he could just be the closest thing to the most perfect offensive talent of all time.

You pair that with a team that went 73-9 the season prior and only just lost in the NBA Finals, and you have a team that can humiliate and frustrate just about any team in the world.

Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams felt the full brunt of that for 6 games in a playoff series. And right after that, perhaps, their frustration got the best of them, giving us this amazing moment.

Take a look.

Even a devastating Achilles injury later, this fact remains unchanged.

The greatness of Kevin Durant really is criminally underrated by us fans far too often.

Also Read: Warriors’ superstar currently has 154 consecutive games with a 3-pointer made

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

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Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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