Lakers are causing Kevin Durant double trouble, and Rockets have no answer

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant hates double teams.That might sound like an obvious statement — and in some ways, it is — but this goes much deeper than that for the 37-year-old living legend. As the undermanned Los Angeles Lakers were well aware heading into Game 2 of their first-round matchup against the Houston Rockets, when Durant joined the playoff festivities after missing the opener with a right knee bruise, he sees the double-teaming as a defensive cheat code of sorts that shouldn’t be used by self-respecting basketball people. Or something like that.Advertisement