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

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served as the head basketball coach at Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin and his mother, Anna Kent, worked in the University of Texas athletics department. The family moved to the Chicago ...

Durant: "I'm just very grateful for all the love that I received from this region of the world the 15 to 20 years." Earlier this season, Durant, the 2007 national college player of the year ...

According to the university, power was soon afterward restored within Fifth Third Arena and that the men's basketball game against Texas Christian University at 12 p.m. would continue as planned.

Durant spent his one collegiate season playing for the Texas Longhorns and has shown love to his alma mater at every turn. Durant's representation of the Longhorns includes his Nike basketball shoes.