Following the shortened season, the Miami Heat made a return to the Finals with the trio of Dwayne Wade, Lebron James and Chris Bosh against Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

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* Kevin Durant ( born 1988 ), American basketball player

* Kevin Durant, basketball player

The award has been won by a freshman twice: Kevin Durant of the of the Texas in 2007 and the current winner, Anthony Davis of Kentucky.

* A 2011 ad features Kevin Durant serving himself a huge helping of lasagna in the cafeteria.

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The styles with which small forwards amass their points vary widely, as some players at the position like the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant are very accurate straight up shooters, while others like the Los Angeles Lakers ' Metta World Peace ( formerly Ron Artest ) prefer to " bang inside ", initiate and / or not shy away from physical contact with opposing players, while others are primarily slashers such as Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James.

The best international players routinely skip college entirely, many American stars skip college ( Shawn Kemp, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Dwight Howard, Amar ' e Stoudemire and LeBron James ) or only play one year ( Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, Greg Oden ) and only a dozen or so college graduates are now among the 60 players selected in the annual NBA Draft.

The Heat returned to the finals in 2012 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, in a series that had 3-time NBA MVP LeBron James and 3-time NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant, neither of whom had won a championship at the time.

The league ’ s best shooters ( such as Steve Nash, Peja Stojaković, Ray Allen, Chauncey Billups, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and Dirk Nowitzki ) can make roughly 90 % of their attempts over a season, while notoriously poor shooters ( e. g. Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, Ben Wallace, Tim Duncan, Rajon Rondo, Andre Iguodala, Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis or Marcin Gortat ) may struggle to make 50 % of them.

He and Kevin Durant are the only two players remaining from the Seattle SuperSonics era ( Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka were drafted by the Sonics but the team relocated before their rookie seasons ).

* Kevin Durant

Three winners of the award have been freshmen: Kevin Durant of Texas in 2007, John Wall of Kentucky in 2010 and Anthony Davis of Kentucky in 2012.

At 22 years, 121 days old, he was the youngest player to lead the league in scoring until 2010, when Kevin Durant broke his mark.

By way of example, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, Tracy McGrady, Kyle Korver, Jason Richardson, Vince Carter, John Salmons, Andre Iguodala, Danny Granger, Caron Butler, and Michael Jordan have spent considerable time at both positions.

# Issue # 110: Cover — Greg Oden & Kevin Durant ( August ’ 07 )

# Issue # 134: Cover — Dwight Howard or Kevin Garnett or Kevin Durant or The Lakers: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum ( February 2010 )

# Issue # 138: Cover — Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford, Joe Johnson and Josh Smith or Oklahoma City Thunder: Jeff Green, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook ( June 2010 )

# Issue # 155: Cover — Kevin Durant ( March 2012 )

# Issue # 158: Cover — LeBron James & Dwyane Wade or Derrick Rose or Kevin Durant or Kobe Bryant ( June 2012 )

Other significant storylines that year included Peter Barlow's battle against alcoholism, Ken Barlow's affair with actress Martha Fraser after his dog Eccles fell in the canal, Maria giving birth to Liam's son and her subsequent relationship with Liam's killer Tony, Steve McDonald's marriage to Becky Granger and Kevin Webster's affair with Molly Dobbs.

UCLA Bruins football | UCLA quarterback Kevin Craft throws a pass during an October 2008 game against the 2008 California Golden Bears football team | California Golden Bears.

The then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that he would maintain his tough stance against Fiji in order to prevent a " coup culture " spreading around the Pacific.

Kevin Kolb was immediately named the starter, but after suffering a concussion in week 1 against the Packers, Vick took over as the starter.

* Dice against the Nazis: Propaganda aimed to reduce fear, By Clive Gilbert and Kevin Allen, BBC News Magazine, 24 August 2007.

Jamie Campbell argued against electric boating on four main counts, which were rebuffed by Kevin Desmond and Ian Rutter of the Electric Boat Association.

Milligan, who had grown up in British India, played Kevin O ' Grady, a half-Pakistani half-Irish man who comes to work in a British factory and ends up boarding with his ineffectual foreman Arthur Blenkinsop ( Sykes ), who has to regularly defend Kevin against his racist workmates.

The Patriots have also used the formation to directly snap the ball away from the quarterback, snapping it instead to a running back ( usually Kevin Faulk ); the Patriots scored a two-point conversion via such a direct snap to Faulk in Super Bowl XXXVIII and again against the Chargers in the AFC Divisional Playoffs.

Fine Gael chose a young Teachta Dála and barrister, Tom O ' Higgins ( nephew of Kevin O ' Higgins ) to run against de Valera.

In the 2007 Australian federal election, Nitschke ran against the Australian politician Kevin Andrews in the Victorian seat of Menzies but was unsuccessful.

Owen's goal in the 2 – 0 defeat of Fulham on 22 March 2008, which marked Newcastle's first win under Kevin Keegan's second spell as manager, also marked the first time in his Newcastle career that Owen had scored more goals for Newcastle than against them.

They are Senators Jim DeMint ( SC ) and Tom Coburn ( OK ); Senate candidates Sharron Angle ( NV ), Ken Buck ( CO ) ( endorsed after he won the primary ), Mike Lee ( UT ) ( endorsed after he won the primary, though the Club campaigned against Sen. Bennett before the state convention ), Ron Johnson ( WI ), Joe Miller ( AK ) ( endorsed after the Alaska primary ), Rand Paul ( KY ) ( endorsed after the Kentucky primary ), Marco Rubio ( FL ) and Pat Toomey ( PA ); Representative Tom Graves ( GA 9 ) and House candidates Justin Amash ( MI 3 ), Kevin Calvey ( OK 5 ), Jeff Duncan ( SC 3 ), Stephen Fincher ( TN 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Griffin ( AR 2 ), David Harmer ( CA 11 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Andy Harris ( MD 1 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Nan Hayworth ( NY 19 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Huelskamp ( KS 1 ), Jesse Kelly ( AZ 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Mick Mulvaney ( SC 5 )( endorsed after primary ), Mike Pompeo ( KS 4 ), Kevin Rothfus ( PA 4 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Dave Schweikert ( AZ 5 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Scott ( SC 1 ), Robin Smith ( TN 3 ), and Todd Young ( IN 9 ) ( endorsed after primary ).

On December 15, 1993, around one week after making these comments, charges were filed against her son Kevin, for selling cocaine in an incident involving undercover officers, four months prior.

Kevin Keegan selected him for Euro 2000, where he started against both Portugal and Germany but sustained an injury in his warm-up exercises for the third game against Romania.

Mask match " against Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, forcing Mysterio to remove his mask.

Fiji, who qualified for this edition, was forced to withdraw due to civil war and was replaced by Vanuatu, who impressed in the semifinal against Australia: the Socceroos, managed by Frank Farina, won 1-0 thanks only to a penalty kick by Kevin Muscat.

The 2011 Village Mayoral election will feature Incumbent Kevin Neary against Write-In candidate Timothy Knight.

In 1967, he was sent off by Irish referee Kevin D. Kelleher for dangerous play against at Murrayfield, and became only the second All Black suspended in a test match.

The stars of the era all visited the Tasman Series, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Timmy Mayer, Phil Hill, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Pedro Rodriguez, Piers Courage, leading teams from Cooper, Lotus, Lola, BRM, even the four wheel drive Ferguson P99 and finally, Ferrari, racing against the local stars, Brabham, McLaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Frank Gardner, Frank Matich, Leo Geoghegan and Kevin Bartlett.

In July 1983 Lendl played three exhibition matches ( against Johan Kriek, Kevin Curren, Jimmy Connors ) in Sun City, South Africa, in the apartheid-era bantustan of Bophuthatswana.