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A second later, the Golden State Warriors star crumpled to the hardwood, clutching the Achilles tendon in his right leg.

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It could also end up galvanizing a Warriors team that now trails the best-of-seven NBA Finals 3-2 following MondayB次元官网网址檚 . Game 6 of the series goes Thursday in Oakland, Calif.

TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka and Danny Green waved their hands to try to get the fans to stop the cheering after Durant hit the floor, and many soon turned to applause and muted B次元官网网址淜-DB次元官网网址� chants as he was helped off the court early in the second quarter.

But in the eyes of the Warriors, it was too little, too late.

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Fighting back tears, Warriors general manager Bob Myers addressed the media after the game, confirming that Durant suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon. The Finals MVP in both 2017 and 2018, who was playing for the first time since May 8 because of a calf problem, will have an MRI on Tuesday.

B次元官网网址淧rior to coming back (Durant) went through four weeks with a medical team, and it was thorough and it was experts and multiple MRIs and multiple doctors, and we felt good about the process,B次元官网网址� said Myers, who added this injury is different than the one suffered earlier in the playoffs. B次元官网网址滺e was cleared to play (in Game 5). That was a collaborative decision.

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Durant went through Golden StateB次元官网网址檚 full morning shootaround earlier in the day and was originally a game-time decision.

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Golden StateB次元官网网址檚 Stephen Curry, who accompanied Durant down the tunnel with Andre Iguodala, was surprised by the fan response.

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Durant scored 11 points, including going 3-for-3 from three-point range, in just under 12 minutes of action before the injury.

Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press

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