Kevin Durant Comments on Receiving Flagrant Foul for Hitting Justin Anderson

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Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant was ejected from his team’s 119-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday after committing a flagrant-2 foul on Justin Anderson.

Durant swiped the rookie across the head with his arm as he was attempting a pass following an offensive rebound, sending Anderson flying under the basket:

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For his part, Durant took the blame for the hard foul, per Royce Young of ESPN.com.

“It was a flagrant, even though I wasn’t trying to intentionally foul him,” he said.

Durant, who texted Anderson after the game to apologize, thought the refs did their jobs correctly, per Bobby Karalla, a digital content reporter for the Mavericks.

“The refs had to …

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