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Thursday 13 June 2019

BIG BEN

Golden State Warriors forward
Kevin Durant (35) leaves after
bering injured while playing
against the Toronto Raptors
during first-half basketball
action in Game 5 of the NBA
Finals in Toronto, Monday,
June 10, 2019.
Associated Press
Warriors

F Durant

undergoes

surgery for

ruptured

Achilles

By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Kevin Durant confirmed
what everyone most
feared: He underwent sur-
gery for a ruptured right
Achilles tendon.
Durant posted on social
media Wednesday the se-
verity of his injury two days
after getting hurt during
Game 5 of the NBA Finals in
Toronto in his return from a
strained right calf that side- Red Sox 4-3 win
lined him a month.
The 30-year-old posted a
photo on Instagram show- over Rangers
ing himself in a hospital
bed and wrote: “I wanted
to update you all: I did rup-
ture my Achilles. Surgery Boston Red Sox’s Andrew Benintendi
was today and it was a
success, EASY MONEY.” hits an RBI-double in the fifth inning of
Just 15 minutes before Du- a baseball game against the Texas
rant went public, Warriors Rangers at Fenway Park, Wednesday,
coach Steve Kerr said dur- June 12, 2019, in Boston.
ing a finals media avail-
ability that he didn’t yet Associated Press
have a formal update on Page 19
Durant.

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