Durant and Kerr hail Warriors passion as losing run ends

Kevin Durant called on the Golden State Warriors to reproduce the passion and energy they displayed in Friday's win over the Portland Trail Blazers, which ended a four-game losing run. The defending champions had lost five of their last six, a streak started by a defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers in which Durant and team-mate Draymond Green were involved in a well-publicised spat that continued into the locker room. Minus injured star point guard Stephen Curry, the Warriors have endured a run Steve Kerr described as his "toughest stretch" as a coach, beating the Atlanta Hawks after the loss to the Clippers but then falling to the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder.