OAKLAND — Kevin Durant went through the Warriors’ entire Friday afternoon practice in the Bay Area, boarded their afternoon flight and is hopeful for a Game 3 return in Portland on Saturday night.

But the team is still listing him as questionable with that minor calf ‘twinge’ and preaching caution, saying Durant could play if it was an elimination-like game, but — with a commanding 2-0 lead over the overmatched Blazers and plenty of other firepower — they feel it’s wiser to ensure he’s 100 percent (which they may deem he is Saturday night) before allowing him back in the lineup.

Matt Barnes and Shaun Livingston, who also participated in parts of Friday’s practice, are also questionable.

“Look, if it was Game 7 of the Finals, (Durant) could play,” Steve Kerr said. “We’re not talking about something that could damage his career. What we’re talking about is something that if it potentially gets worse and knocks him out for a few weeks, it’s not worth it.”

Durant even stayed after practice for some extra shooting work with Stephen Curry, circling the perimeter in their now routine post-practice shooting drill. He looked perfectly fine on the calf, bouncing up for shots.

“I’m good laterally,” Durant said. “I think just stopping and going (is the problem), but it’s getting better.”

He couldn’t identify the exact play it happened, calling the minor injury “weird,” but he started feeling discomfort late in the third quarter of Game 1. After getting it checked on the sideline, Durant played the final six minutes and scored eight points, closing out a 32-point night. When he left the arena, he wasn’t concerned.

“I played the whole fourth quarter on it and I just felt like getting off of it and waiting until the (next) game, I’d be fine,” Durant said. “But they’ve had some experience with it. They didn’t want to risk it and I’d be out for a long time. I understand, trying to look at the bigger picture.”

Is it easy to look at the big picture?

“Nah,” Durant said. “I want to play, want to be out there every step of the way with the team. But I understand health is important. I want to feel great for a long run at this postseason. I understand the big picture, but I still want to play.”

Durant said Kerr gave him an example from his general manager days in Phoenix. He had a player that tried to push through a minor calf injury and ended up making it worse — forcing him to sit a few weeks. If that happened to Durant, he’d miss far more valuable games than this first round non-test (so far) against the Blazers.

“They’ve had this experience before. The team has,” Durant said. “I haven’t had a calf strain before…It’s definitely unfortunate, tried to get back, played well the first game, but it’s sports. It’s not life or death. I’m not on my death bed. It’s a calf muscle. Hopefully get to play here soon. It’s not the end of the world.”

Durant’s wider ‘basketball isn’t everything’ perspective, he said, comes from the backlash of his free agency decision.

“When I came here, a lot of people in this basketball bubble made it feel like it was the worst thing I’ve ever did in life,” Durant said. “Felt like I killed somebody. After stepping back to look at it, realized it’s not serious at all. It’s baskeball, all it is is basketball. Probably 99 percent of what’s talked about outside of what’s in this facility is BS, especially when it comes down to what’s important in life. This basketball stuff really doesn’t matter when you look at it. I’m not on my death bed, happened to sit out a playoff game. Once you look at it that way, makes it a little easier.”

But ‘a little easier’ doesn’t mean it’s easy for Durant. After a fantastic first 59 games to open his first season with the Warriors — planting him in the MVP conversation despite the crowded, impressive competition — Durant missed 19 games toward the end of the year as his name disappeared from the headlines.

But he always knew if he could get back for the playoffs and dominate, that’s what will be remembered. He blasted off with 32 points in Game 1, but now this minor calf injury has created another road block.

“He’s frustrated, as you can imagine, especially coming off the six weeks of inactivity,” Kerr said. “He’s dying to be out on the floor. He’s one of the top few players in the entire league. It’s such a great year for the NBA, so much talk about who’s the MVP, this and that, he’s used to being part of the discussion and now he’s sitting. And now he’s been sitting and now the discussion is about him sitting, not about him playing. That’s frustrating for anybody, but especially for one of the best players in the league. It’s driving him nuts. But he knows it’s the right approach.”

Steve Kerr on Kevin Durant: "If it was Game 7 of the Finals, he'd play." Talks about why Durant is so frustrated with calf right now. pic.twitter.com/pzerQQFV5y — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 21, 2017

Kevin Durant discusses his calf injury and the frustration that comes with it pic.twitter.com/rLZLBQZDH9 — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 21, 2017