Mother knows best: For Wanda Durant, watching Kevin Durant will never grow old

American basketball player Kevin Durant arrives to celebrate the legacy of the U.S. basketball teams at the Team USA House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France.

American basketball player Kevin Durant arrives to celebrate the legacy of the U.S. basketball teams at the Team USA House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


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PARIS — They gave Kevin Durant the game ball after he broke Lisa Leslie's all-time U.S. Olympic basketball scoring record in the quarterfinals of the Paris Games. And, of course, he got plenty of congratulations afterward from his biggest fan. That fan — Wanda Durant, his mother — wasn't surprised with how her son reacted to her words. To her, it was a very big deal. To her son, the record is just something that happened. He's got a fourth Olympic gold on his mind and that's his motivation right now.

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