Kevin Durant and Rudy Gobert had a tense encounter in Game 3 Saturday night, exchanging shoves that resulted in Durant picking up a technical and flagrant one.
Yet the hot tempers created a cool moment after the game, when a reporter asked Durant, "What happened on that Gobert kerfuffle at the end?”
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Stephen Curry, seated beside Durant and looking bored, perked up immediately, saying, “That is a word right there.”
Durant: “What’d you say?”
Reporter: “Kerfuffle.”
Durant: “Good job, bro.”
Curry: “That is strong.”
Merriam-Webster.com defines kerfuffle as a disturbance, fuss." That seems an apt description for the Durant-Gobert incident.
Durant had used his own choice word during the game itself. At one point, as the Jazz mascot walked by him during a stoppage in play, Durant could be seen mouthing the words, "Get the f*** off the court."
The Warriors lead the second-round series 3-0.
