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On March 21, 2014, Kevin Durant puts on his 51 to validate his title of MVP

“Kevin Durant is a monster”: such was our title, after this superb match and this huge performance by the Thunder winger, on March 21, 2014 in Toronto against the Raptors. In a disputed meeting in double overtime, KD will slam 51 points, but also take 12 rebounds and deliver 7 assists.

The icing on the cake: he scored the winning basket after an improbable comeback. What to add?

“The craziest game of my career”, will he then declare. “We were behind by eight points at 49 seconds, and we won all the same… Two players went out for six fouls, Russell Westbrook is touched, we are back-to-back too. That’s crazy. »

It’s all this context, with indeed these many baskets in the “money time” and this 3-point shot which gives victory to his team, which will validate with the voters his MVP trophy, won a few weeks later.

He was already the favorite since Oklahoma City was doing well (second in the West) and he was the league’s leading scorer, but after such a performance, he couldn’t escape him. He will finish the season with 32 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists on average with the added bonus of his only MVP trophy of the season.

Kevin Durant Percentage Bounces
Season Crew GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd party Int bp CT Points
2007-08 SEA 80 35 43.0 28.8 87.3 0.9 3.5 4.4 2.4 1.5 1.0 2.9 0.9 20.3
2008-09 OKAY 74 39 47.6 42.2 86.3 1.0 5.5 6.5 2.8 1.8 1.3 3.0 0.7 25.3
2009-10 OKAY 82 40 47.6 36.5 90.0 1.3 6.3 7.6 2.8 2.1 1.4 3.3 1.0 30.2
2010-11 OKAY 78 39 46.2 35.0 88.0 0.7 6.1 6.8 2.7 2.0 1.1 2.8 1.0 27.7
2011-12 OKAY 66 39 49.6 38.7 86.0 0.6 7.4 8.0 3.5 2.0 1.3 3.8 1.2 28.0
2012-13 OKAY 81 39 51.0 41.6 90.5 0.6 7.3 7.9 4.6 1.8 1.4 3.5 1.3 28.2
2013-14 OKAY 81 39 50.3 39.1 87.3 0.7 6.7 7.4 5.5 2.2 1.3 3.5 0.7 32.0
2014-15 OKAY 27 34 51.0 40.3 85.4 0.6 6.0 6.6 4.1 1.5 0.9 2.7 0.9 25.4
2015-16 OKAY 72 36 50.5 38.8 89.8 0.6 7.6 8.2 5.0 1.9 1.0 3.5 1.2 28.2
2016-17 GOS 62 33 53.7 37.5 87.5 0.6 7.7 8.3 4.8 1.9 1.1 2.2 1.6 25.1
2017-18 GOS 68 34 51.6 41.9 88.9 0.5 6.4 6.8 5.4 2.0 0.7 3.0 1.8 26.4
2018-19 GOS 78 35 52.1 35.3 88.5 0.4 6.0 6.4 5.9 2.0 0.7 2.9 1.1 26.0
2020-21 BRK 35 33 53.7 45.0 88.2 0.4 6.7 7.1 5.6 2.0 0.7 3.4 1.3 26.9
2021-22 BRK 55 37 51.8 38.3 91.0 0.5 6.9 7.4 6.4 2.1 0.9 3.5 1.0 29.9
2022-23 * All Teams 42 36 56.6 38.6 93.1 0.4 6.4 6.8 5.2 2.3 0.8 3.4 1.5 29.5
2022-23 * BRK 39 36 55.9 37.6 93.4 0.4 6.4 6.7 5.3 2.4 0.8 3.5 1.5 29.7
2022-23 * PHX 3 33 69.0 53.8 88.2 0.3 7.0 7.3 3.7 1.7 0.3 2.0 1.3 26.7
Total 981 37 49.9 38.4 88.6 0.7 6.4 7.1 4.3 1.9 1.1 3.2 1.1 27.3

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