The Washington Commanders are occurring to the NFC nationwide championship, and so they have really obtained one efficient NBA identify of their edge– and their storage locker area. On Saturday, because the Commanders commemorated their 45-31 misery over the Detroit Lions, they’d an distinctive customer join with the celebration: Phoenix Suns movie star Kevin Durant.
Durant, that was birthed and elevated in D.C. and is a longtime Washington follower, sustained his most well-liked group by way of the misery. He likewise entered a few well-placed barbs in direction of Lions operating again Jahmyr Gibbs.
Commanders beginner cornerback Mike Sainristil– that had 2 very important interceptions within the match– printed a video clip on his Instagram Story of Durant with the group postgame.
“Hey, what you gotta say though?” Sainristil requested Durant.
“Jahmyr, put your buffs on,” Durant claimed– a referral to the Cartier sun shades. The tease motivated laughs and “oohs” from the Commanders’ locker area.
Earlier within the match, Gibbs, that’s acknowledged for his objective events, had really racked up the very first objective of the online game and commemorated by simulating a dancing that Durant notoriously did pregame previous to the 2017 NBA Finals.
Durant didn’t take kindly to the homage.
“I’m already sick of Jahmyr Gibbs. Move around somewhere bro damn,” Durant wrote in motion to the video clip on X.
Gibbs completed with 14 hurries for 105 lawns and a couple of targets, nonetheless the group typically failed. Both teams put in a historic 2nd quarter within the high-scoring online game– and Washington triumphed in the end.
After the online game, Durant left Detroit with one other stab: a video clip of the preliminary dancing with the inscription: “Have a great night Detroit.”
The Commanders will definitely at the moment happen to the NFC nationwide championship to play the champion of Sunday’s Los Angeles Rams-Philadelphia Eagles divisional-round online game. We’ll must see if Durant makes an extra storage locker area look following weekend break.
