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Warriors Celebrating Kevin Durant refers to a photograph taken of players on the NBA's Golden State Warriors after star player Kevin Durant hit a long three-point shot with less than a minute to play in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Star Warriors players Steph Curry and Draymond Green are seen screaming at Durant while Durant maintains a stoic expression. The photo circulated on Twitter as users added captions to it and used it for photoshops.

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On June 6th, 2018, towards the end of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, Warriors star player Kevin Durant hit a long three-point shot to put the Warriors up 106-100, effectively clinching the game for the Warriors (shown below).

After the play, Warriors players Steph Curry and Draymond Green celebrated by shouting around Durant, who maintained a serious expression (shown below).

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After the moment, Twitter user were quick to joke about the photo of the celebrating Warriors. User @Alexcuntz13 paired the photo with lyrics from the song "Summer Lovin'" from the musical Grease, gaining over 680 retweets and 3,000 likes (shown below, left). User @NickGTurner posted a joke that gained over 11,000 retweets and 32,000 likes (shown below, right).

Other Twitter users photoshopped the picture in various ways, though these were not as popular as the caption variations. Some examples include an image tweeted by @JoelD247 that gained over 25 retweets and 175 likes (shown below, left). Another tweeted by @DaveShecky combined the image with the Lebron James Reaction from earlier in the finals, gaining over 50 retweets and 190 likes (shown below, right).

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