Whicker: Kevin Durant criticism needs a timeout

If Kevin Durant’s mission is the ruination of the NBA, he is failing.
Two weeks ago, four of the top five-rated programs in prime-time were pro basketball games. Last year’s NBA finals, which were Durant’s first with Golden State, sported the highest ratings since Michael Jordan’s strike-a-pose goodbye shot in 1998.
The 2018 sweep of Cleveland didn’t do as well, because reruns generally don’t, but it still topped the average by 7.7 percent.
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