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In Thursday night's Game 3, the Warriors led the Clippers 73-52 at halftime.
When he walked off the court after the first 24 minutes, Kevin Durant had scored 27 points (10-of-15 shooting) and dished out four assists.
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Before the third quarter started, former Warriors forward Matt Barnes took to Twitter to let his feelings be known.
This tweet receives a 10 out of 10.
Barnes, of course, is referring to Durant's former teammate, Russell Westbrook, who went 5 of 20 from the field in Oklahoma City's Game 2 loss in Portland on Tuesday night.
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Durant received a lot of backlash from the media for how he handled facing Patrick Beverley in the first two games of the NBA playoff series (mostly Game 2).
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr even told reporters that he wanted to see a much more aggressive KD in Game 3.
With his 38-point outbust, the reigning two-time NBA Finals MVP gave everybody what they were looking for.
