Kevin Durant passes 19-year vet on NBA leaderboard—who’s next? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant continues making NBA history as the 2025-2026 NBA season continues.

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Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka said the team cannot afford to be completely reliant on 37-year-old Kevin Durant to hold leads and secure wins. But the future Hall of Famer is no average 37-year-old. Just look at what he did in Friday's 111-104 road win over the Detroit Pistons.

The Philadelphia 76ers' duo of Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid powered the team to a 128-122 overtime win over Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.

Kevin Durant (left) and the Houston Rockets and Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns have made their cases as an improved ball club in the NBA. Alex Slitz / We’ve bypassed the halfway point of the season,

Durant needed the 17 points to move past Nowitzki into sixth place on the all-time scorer list. Durant got those points and finished with 18 in a 119-110 win over New Orleans. The 15-time All-Star scored his final two points from the free throw line with 15.2 seconds remaining and added another career highlight.

It’s amazing to think how much time can just fly by. A total of 20 years has now gone and past since the day Kobe Bryant delivered one of the most remarkable performances in NBA history, when he scored

With 15.2 seconds remaining in the Houston Rockets ' win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, the crowd inside the Toyota Center rose to its feet as Kevin Durant strode to the free-throw line. Durant received the ball from the ref, went through his normal routine and hit nothing but net on his first attempt.