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Kevin Durant has his Chris Webber moment but refs miss call in wild NBA opening night controversy
With the Rockets and Thunder going back-and-forth in a game that went to double overtime, one mistake by Houston's Kevin Durant in the first OT could have ended things, but the officials missed it.
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NBA referee explains why Kevin Durant didn't receive a technical foul
After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his potential game-winner blocked, Durant collected the miss. Tied at 115 points with two seconds left, he tried to call a timeout. Multiple times. Except, the Rockets didn't have any timeouts left.
NBA fans who watched Tuesday’s nationally televised game between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder would be forgiven if they flashed back to Chris Webber’s notorious attempt to call a timeout he didn’t have during a critical sequence of the 1993 NCAA Men’s Tournament championship game.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander craftiness was too much to handle for Rockets star Kevin Durant, as the Thunder came away with a close win.
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka turned to cinema to help his message to Kevin Durant and the rest of the team after Fred VanVleet tore his ACL prior to the start of training camp.
DeMarcus Cousins predicts Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant can contend for MVP at age 37 ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season.