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Kevin Durant scored 22 points in his return to Austin Thursday but his Phoenix Suns lost 120-109 to the San Antonio Spurs.

Although Kevin Durant spent just one season at Texas, he remains a positive presence around the Longhorn program, says Texas coach Rodney Terry

Those three players were easy choices with Durant considering that he has gotten a chance to play with all of them in recent years. He was teammates with Tatum and Embiid on the U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Paris last summer and spent multiple seasons with Irving on the Brooklyn Nets.

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Kevin Durant, fellow Texas teammate Justin Mason and one of Durant's buddies, Randy Williams, piled out of a Chevy Cavalier

The Spurs are playing a pair of games at the home of the Longhorns, and one of them will involve Durant and the Suns.

With the Phoenix Suns in Austin to face the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night at the Moody Center, former Texas Longhorns star Kevin Durant discusse

For the Suns, Cody Martin is the only man out of action for the team due to sports hernia. Devin Booker (back), Bradley Beal (toe) and Grayson Allen (knee) are all fit for the game and will play against San Antonio.