© John E. Sokolowski | 2019 Jun 10
The Toronto Raptors fans will be embarrassed about this one for a long time.
After Kevin Durant went down with what we now know is an Achilles injury 12 minutes into his return on Monday, the Toronto crowd cheered. They cheered so much that both Warriors and Raptors players implored them to stop, something they eventually did, before respectfully applauding Durant as he left the floor.
Raptors fans cheering and applauding as Kevin Durant goes down injured. Doesn’t get much lower than this #NBAFinals #Game5 pic.twitter.com/JETd2xbCD3
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) June 11, 2019
Klay Thompson was asked about the incident after the game. He did not mince words.
Klay on the Toronto fans cheering KD’s injury: “It was bullshit. That was freaking ridiculous. I can’t even put into words how mad I was about that.”
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) June 11, 2019
DeMarcus Cousins had just one word to describe those fans.
“Trash,” he said.
Hard to disagree.