Kevin Durant returns from injury, Kevin Durant picks up where he left off, showing no signs of rust. It’s a tale so old, you forget how remarkable it is that seemingly every time Durant steps back on the floor after an absence he doesn’t look gimpy or winded or out of place.

Kevin Durant returned from injury on Tuesday night as the Suns defeated the Lakers in an important NBA Cup game.

Kevin Durant had not played in 18 days, a stretch in which the Phoenix Suns won one game in seven tries, falling from the top of the Western Conference to the middle. Teammate Bradley Beal had not played in nearly as long,