It was the insightful, educated answer Kevin Durant low-key loves to give when you ask him about the game of basketball and not something else.

Less than 48 hours after the debacle that was Game 2, Durant told reporters about the “gimmick defense” the Clippers used against the Warriors. Durant explained, in incredible detail, what held him back from being KD and how the Clippers had interrupted Golden State’s flow by flooding the three-point line with defenders, forcing the Warriors to get their points inefficiently and ultimately messing with Golden State’s beautiful ball movement.