NBA returns just to say goodbye to Seattle’s KeyArena
Durant and Warriors play Kings in preseason game
By TIM BOOTH, Associated Press
Published: October 4, 2018, 10:00pm
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From 2008, Seattle SuperSonics' Kevin Durant (35) tries to drive past Dallas Mavericks' Josh Howard during an NBA game at KeyArena in Seattle. KeyArena is getting an appropriate send off Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, with an NBA game being played once again under its roof as the former home of the SuperSonics will see the Golden State Warriors meet the Sacramento Kings in a preseason game. Afterward, the building will be shuttered and remodeled. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) Photo Gallery
SEATTLE — He was a kid at the time, all of 19 years old, about to conclude his first NBA season. He stood on the court in green and gold, waving his arms up and down, asking for more noise from the home crowd begging for another chance to see the home team play.
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