Heat’s Hassan Whiteside to test Warriors’ small lineup
Draymond Green played 9½ minutes at center during the Warriors' victory over Sacramento on Saturday, and the Warriors outscored the Kings by 12 points during the span. The most impressive stretch was the game's final 2:46, during which Green, who's 6-foot-7, shut out 6-11 DeMarcus Cousins as the Warriors turned a five-point lead into a 128-116 blowout. The Warriors showcasing their small-ball lineup against the Kings and the most-skilled offensive center in the NBA acted as a perfect primer to Monday's game against the Miami Heat, who feature center Hassan Whiteside. About a month before the teams reported to training camp, Whiteside instigated a Twitter beef with Green and the Warriors' small-ball lineup. Green, who doesn't miss any slight — real or imagined — shot back: Can you score doe? "82 million reasons to flop and the d league ain't never been 1!!!!" wrote Green, who signed an $82 million extension last summer. Two years after being selected in the second round of the 2010 NBA draft, Whiteside was waived by the Kings. The 7-foot, 265-pounder played for the NBA Development League's Sioux Falls Skyforce, was traded to the D-League's Grande Valley Vipers...
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