Ah it’s getting intense

Durant likely won't be back for game 6 or 7, and that's obviously good for the Raptors, but the Toronto crowd cheering his injury? That's bad Karma...

Fuck, that was such a close game at the end....yea, cheering about an injury, no matter how it impacts a game, shouldn't be condoned.

Were they cheering his injury or the fact that Ibaka got the steal & a bucket? The arena was clapping and chanting "KD" as he left - which felt more like a sign of respect than of mockery, IMO.

I was actually worried about how the crowd might react to KD's injury, as Toronto fans aren't known for being all that classy, but thankfully they handled it with the maximum degree of grace and respect the player and the moment deserved.

Uh, what game were you watching? Nobody cheered the injury. On the contrary, the crowd treated KD with respect.

People were cheering when KD stood up, but it heightened when he limped the first time. People were laughing and waving goodbye to him. Not a good look for the fans and they are getting lit up on social media.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1138262996398903297

https://twitter.com/i/status/1138262692710559745

Uh, no.

I just went and rewatched the sequence on League Pass. The crowd was cheering the breakaway by Ibaka and the subsequent foul on him while KD was sitting on the floor. When KD got up there was a slight uptick in crowd noise for just a moment, which is hard to interpret (to me it sounded like applause for him being able to get up, you often hear this when a player is down for a while but then gets up), but whatever that was, it turned into polite clapping as he walked off the court.

That's not "Toronto cheering KD's injury" by any stretch of the imagination.

That was the best the Warriors played and the worst the Raptors played, and we still lost by just 1 point. The first 3 quarters felt like they were playing one of those throwaway games against the Sixers or the Bucks; they kept missing threes, they didn’t have that aggressive defense. Kyle Lowry barely fouled! We had an excellent second half to the fourth quarter but it wasn’t enough.

I really don't know how you can say that so conclusively.

Guess this is Rousseau the Raptors Fan-atic talking as opposed to Rousseau the Socratic Critical Thinker. ;)

I assume we will get back to our regularly scheduled programming with the latter once this series is over!

Ya I'm not defending our fans for this one.

https://streamable.com/om38r

Two guys front and center waving bye to player that might have just had the future of his career seriously jeopardized.

Watching this is pretty clear this was not a sincere cheer until after the Raptors players had to engage to crowd to not be assholes.

Agreed not good, but lets be honest. Sadly that would have happened anywhere. I was mad watching it and yelling at the fans from the T.V even though deep down I was happy.

I agree, I think that was the worst performance of the entire playoffs for the Raptors. But still we only lost by 1. At least the GS fans will get a very final game back at Oracle Arena.

Totally agree. It could have happened anywhere.

Pointing the finger at other teams' fans ("look how they're bad people!") is simply part of the game of sports rivalries, and not really based on anything factual.

(Except in the case of Boston Bruins fans.)

I think the fans can be forgiven for not realizing Durant had just suffered a catastrophic injury from no contact with any other player a few minutes into his first game back right after the Warriors and their doctors had said it was okay for him to play. If anyone looks bad, it's the Warriors organization.

What a courtside person says is what I saw on TV:

Guilty as charged. For the former, anyway.

What about the fans chanting "Fuck KD" in Jurassic Park after he limped off?

Or the two guys who sucker punched this Warriors fan on Bremner?

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These big moments always bring out some real ugly antics. Still don't know if things would go full Vancouver if they lost in game 7 but I know it wouldn't be pretty.

Cathal Kelly's take in the G&M: KD's re-injury and the shameful way Golden State pushed/allowed him to play is probably the best recruiting pitch Kawhi is going to see for staying in Toronto.

Load management for the win.

Never thought of it that way.