It was a battle of the willowy kings of crossover as Kevin Durant and Jamal Crawford traded crunch-time buckets before a discontented Madison Square Garden crowd in the Sonics 117-110 run, gun, and turnover defeat of the New York Knicks. Barely had Durant finished flushing an unexpected and encouraging two-handed, in-traffic jam when the Garden faithful began raining boos and “Fire Isiah” chants on the embattled and oddly incompetent auteur of the Knicks dramedy.

But jeers for Isiah are old news; what’s new is the long-armed rook taking it to the defense and finishing, as they say, with authority. Durant’s shooting only 40% on the season, and while Brooklyn Seely astutely notes Durant’s tendency to jack up literally and figuratively misguided three-balls, I’ve noticed that he misses probably 2-4 in-the-paint shots a game where he tries to slither around a defender he could simply go over or through. Now, it’s pretty when he makes it work, and I know he’d be lucky to weigh more than two bills right now, but the guy’s got long arms, decent hops, and, as Seely noted, a friendly officiating crew. On top of all that, he can make free throws. So do yourself, the team, and the fans a favor, Kevin, and try to posterize some folks.

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