Kevin Durant confirmed he ruptured his Achilles. He already had successful surgery.

Kevin Durant.
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Just as the Golden State Warriors feared, the injury star forward Kevin Durant suffered in the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday was, indeed, a ruptured Achilles tendon.

That's not pleasant news for the Warriors, who trail the Raptors 3 games to 2 in the finals, nor for Durant who was set to cash in on a hefty free agent contract this offseason. Now, it's unclear exactly how Durant's Achilles will affect his offseason — he could exercise his player option and come back later in the year for Golden State, for example.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.