Clippers Coach Explains the Difficulty of Stopping Phoenix Star Kevin Durant

• LA Clippers coach Ty Lue is aware of the danger Kevin Durant poses
• His team faces Durant's Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and he feels the veteran forward will be hard to stop
• Durant has faced Ty Lue's team before and has excelled most of the time

Kevin Durant has not played a lot of basketball this season. He only played 47 games in the regular season. He spent two different spells on the sidelines due to injury.

The Phoenix Suns star is getting ready to play in the playoffs against the LA Clippers. Clippers coach Ty Lue said having him on the court is trouble.

The veteran forward is a proven playoff performer. He led the Golden State Warriors to two NBA titles, winning the Finals MVP on both occasions.

In 155 playoff games, Durant has averaged 29.4 games, 7.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists, per Statmuse.

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In the 47 NBA games he's played this season, he averaged 29.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, and five assists. He also shot 56% from the floor, 40.4% from three, and 91.9 from the free throw line.

Ty Lue on Durant

Durant was stifled by the Boston Celtics' defense last season in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Clippers coach, Lue, has faced Durant before. Against the Suns, he will have to come up with schemes to slow him down.

He said it will be hard to stop the veteran. Without Paul George, it will be hard to

“Well, a 5 can’t guard him. That’s trouble. But him just being on the floor is trouble. You know, he’s a great player We just got to be aware of where he’s at on the floor at all times, along with (Devin) Booker… If he’s at the 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, it’s a tough matchup," via Fadeaway World.

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Lue was Cleveland's coach when Durant's Warriors beat them in two straight NBA finals. Can Kawhi Leonard and the company slow Durant down?

Leonard lauds Durant

Sports Brief earlier reported on Leonard heaping praise on Durant and how his versatility makes him unstoppable.

The two stars last faced each other in the playoffs in the 2019 NBA Finals. Still, the two barely faced each other due to Durant's injury.

“I mean, he’s a great player, Leonard said. These are the fun parts of it. Just going out there, getting to compete against a guy like him that’s been doing it year after year. Yeah, everybody is going to have to take the challenge, not just me. It is a team sport.”