Welcome to another Olympic edition of the Athletic NBA show.

I'm Jared Weiss.

I'm joined from France by Joe Varden, who was at Sunday's game, where the U.S.

beat Serbia 110 to 84.

And you got to see some Kevin Durant perfection. What was it

like seeing KD emerge from the shadows of all this injury uncertainty over the last few weeks?

Yeah, I mean, it was breathtaking, honestly. You know, like the, he comes out and they're down.

They're down 1914. And he hits his first shot.

It's like, wow.

And then he makes his second shot.

And there's like an exhilarating component to it.

It's two for two.

And they end the first quarter.

They're up 2520.

And then he stays on the floor and he hits his next I think six shots and like he started

doing heat checks and the ball's going in and then to end the first half LeBron throws him this

ridiculous pass like a you know like a tom brady or a patent manning like

hitting a receiver before he's in his cut like lebron threw him that pass to end the half before

katy had come around the rip screen from from step it's right on time and katy not only

fades away but he has to turn around.

So it's beyond the heat check and he makes it.

And you know, like you don't want to get too hyperbolic here because Durant is the,

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