Video taking off 13x its usual first day

Yaxel Lendeborg answers Kevin Durant with a baseline fadeaway

Bleacher Report's scoring exchange nears a million views, alongside a separate clip of Durant praising Lendeborg's future.

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Bleacher Report Story of November 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 972,325 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (72,840).

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A contested three goes in over Kevin Durant. Durant responds with a step-back three over Yaxel Lendeborg. Then Lendeborg takes him to the baseline, adds a couple of jab steps and sinks a turnaround fadeaway.

That compact exchange is the whole attraction of Bleacher Report's Short: no argument, no elaborate setup, just two players making difficult shots with each other in the way. It drew about 940,000 views in 22 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening-day audience for Shorts.

Durant has spent his career making a closely guarded jumper look like a reasonable option. Here, Lendeborg supplies an answer of his own, with the announcer calling out his running points total as the fadeaway drops.

The comments focus on Lendeborg's composure and smooth movement, with viewers making Rookie of the Year predictions and treating the exchange with Durant as a measure of his promise. The comment section was already more than five times as busy as a usual full first day.

There's a useful companion to the highlights, too. Bleacher Report's separate upload, "KD had high praise for Yaxel Lendeborg", is also drawing an unusually large audience. In it, Durant says he's excited to watch Lendeborg's career after their Rockets-Warriors matchup. The difficult shots earned a response beyond the next possession.

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U know u got it when u go bucket for bucket wit kd
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Yax is so smooth for a rookie 😮‍💨
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Yax out here looking like he been in the league for ten years
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I admire this young man's attitude towards the game very much. Keep it up lil bro.
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