Kevin Durant will attend EuroLeague playoff Game 5 in Piraeus / News - Basketnews.com

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Kevin Durant has landed in Athens and will be in attendance for the decisive Game 5 of the EuroLeague playoff series between Olympiacos Piraeus and AS Monaco, L'Equipe reports.

Kevin Durant

Team:Brooklyn NetsPosition:SFAge:33Height:211 cmWeight:107 kgBirth place:Washington, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

The Brooklyn Nets star was so impressed with the Game 4 in Monaco that he decided to continue his journey through the EuroLeague playoffs.

According to L'Equipe, Durant will sit next to the EuroLeague legend Vassilis Spanoulis in Peace and Friendship Stadium.

In Monaco, Durant was visiting his friend Mike James, with whom they played together in Brooklyn in the 2020-21 NBA season.

During the game, he frequently stood up, clapping and celebrating Monaco's plays.

He was ecstatic and exchanged high-fives with everyone around after Kostas Sloukas missed a potential game-winner that forced the Game 5.

Durant's appearance in the EuroLeague became a huge highlight in the European basketball community.

"Oh, man! It was good. Him being there had Mike and Bacon get another gear to them. I feel like everybody stepped up and wanted to win more. It was big," Paris Lee emphasized the importance of Durant's appearance in Monaco.

"I've known Kevin for a while. When I first came in and entered the Draft (in 2017), I went to see a game of his and talked to him. He signed a jersey for me, so it's a long history there. We were talking on and off. I was really excited that he got the chance to watch me," Monaco's scorer Dwayne Bacon said after the Game 4 victory.

The NBA superstar will experience a sold-out crowd in one of the hottest EuroLeague arenas.

As BasketNews' Georgios Kyriakidis wrote in his recap, during the Monaco vs. Olympiacos Game 4, Durant met Olympiacos' front office people, including OLY owners Panagiotis and Giorgos Angelopoulos, and VP Giorgos Skindillas.

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