Analysis: Draymond Green’s not himself — it rubs off on team
Green, the unquestioned heart and soul of the Warriors, appeared to play with neither Tuesday night in Oklahoma City when the Thunder took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals with a 118-94 victory. "It just wasn't a good game for him," Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. Usually when Draymond has a bad game, he bounces back and plays extremely well the next game. With the NBA's ruling on the kick coming about 24 hours before Game 4, Green moved one flagrant-1 foul shy of a mandatory one-game suspension. Without the leeway to be his annoying self on defense, his forceful self on offense and his vociferous self everywhere, Green simply wasn't himself. The Warriors outscored opponents by a league-best 1,070 points in Green's 2,808 minutes during their record-setting, 73-win season. The Thunder have outscored the Warriors by 73 points in Green's minutes during the past two games. Asked about his league-wide, postseason-worst minus-43 in Sunday's Game 3, Green told reporters: "I was thinking 'whoa.'" "Whoa" is a seemingly minor reaction to a series that is shaping up to be decided by effort, defense and rebounding — categories Green usually dominates but...
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