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The Washington Commanders are moving on to the NFC Championship, and they’ve got one powerful NBA name in their corner — and their locker room. On Saturday, as Commanders celebrated their 45-31 upset over the Detroit Lions, they had a special guest join the party: Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant.
Durant, who was born and raised in D.C. and is a longtime Washington fan, supported his favorite team through the upset. He also got in a few well-placed barbs towards Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs.
Commanders rookie cornerback Mike Sainrisil — who had two key interceptions in the matchup — posted a video on his Instagram Story of Durant with the team postgame.
“Hey, what you gotta say though?” Sainrisil asked Durant.
“Jahmyr, put your buffs on,” Durant said — a reference to the Cartier sunglasses. The taunt prompted laughs and “oohs” from the Commanders’ locker room.
Earlier in the matchup, Gibbs, who is known for his touchdown celebrations, had scored the first touchdown of the game and celebrated by mimicking a dance that Durant famously did pregame before the 2017 NBA Finals.
Durant did not take kindly to the tribute.
“I’m already sick of Jahmyr Gibbs. Move around somewhere bro damn,” Durant wrote in response to the video on X.
Gibbs ended with 14 rushes for 105 yards and two touchdowns, but the team overall fell short of the Commanders. Both teams put up a historically high second quarter in the high-scoring game — and Washington came out on top in the end.
After the game, Durant left Detroit will one more jab: a video of the original dance, captioned, “Have a great night Detroit.”
The Commanders will now go on to the NFC Championship, playing the winner of the Los Angeles Rams-Philadelphia Eagles divisional round game on Sunday. We’ll have to see if Durant makes another locker room appearance next weekend.