Kevin Durant's fourth-quarter heroics led the Phoenix Suns over the Philadelphia 76ers, 118-116, on Monday at Footprint Center. Durant scored 15 of his game-high 35 points in the fourth. The Suns won their fifth consecutive game while the Sixers (1-5) dropped their third straight.

NBA superstar Kevin Durant took a blowtorch to famously grandiloquent ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, calling the leader of "First Take" a "clown"

The response follows a clip that Smith posted October 24 to his social media in which he dismissed the Suns as legitimate contenders, in large part over Durant’s leadership, saying "when you are that great ... you should be able to be a better leader than he has shown."