Kevin Durant talks about his painful toe injury and return to the Thunder lineup

Rather unceremoniously, Kevin Durant sauntered over to a pack of reporters on Friday and dropped what could be the most important news of the Thunder season.

He’s back from injury. Again. For a fourth time. And he hopes this one’s for good.

Durant participated in shootaround on Friday morning and plans to play and start in tonight’s key game against the Pelicans. He has missed four of the past five games with a toe sprain and 27 total in a season littered with nagging ailments.

Here was his Q&A announcing his return and explaining how painful that toe sprain actually was: