"It’s always great playing against great players. You …

But in the end, Durant made it clear that the upcoming playoff matchup between the Rockets and the Lakers simply shouldn't revolve around him and LeBron. "It’s always great playing against great players. You feel their presence on the floor even if you’re not matched up with them. But like all basketball players know — and anyone who’s around the game deeply understands — it’s much more than just one player. It’s much more than two or three players. You need a whole group of guys to go out there and win basketball games, especially at this level and especially four times against a team like that," Durant said after the Rockets' Wednesday practice. "So yeah, of course, on the outside looking in, casual fans might see it differently, but people who are in it every day know the matchup is much deeper than that. Yeah, the matchup is definitely fun—two great players who’ve been in the league a long time—but everybody involved in the series knows it’s more than that."

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