Durant declares Achilles surgery a success

ByReuters

Published 12/06/2019 at 21:36 GMT+1

June 12 (Reuters) - Four-times NBA leading scorer Kevin Durant had surgery on Wednesday for a ruptured Achilles tendon, the Golden State Warriors player announced on Instagram.

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Durant said the surgery had been successful.

"My road back starts now," he wrote in a post accompanied by a picture of him in a hospital bed.

"I'm hurting deeply but I'm OK."

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(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina Editing by Toby Davis)

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