It’s all on Draymond Green now (Ball Don’t Lie)
Entering Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals, we had hardly any idea what this version of the Golden State Warriors — the one that has taken the league by storm over the past two seasons, that followed an NBA championship with a record 73 wins and now stands one win away from another title — looked like without bellwether forward Draymond Green. As we found out Monday night, when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving absolutely annihilated the Warriors' defense in his absence, and Golden State's attack sputtered in the second half without his aid in facilitating scoring opportunities for Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the answer is, "Very little like themselves," and not nearly good enough to eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] "I have strong belief that if I play Game 5, we win," Green told reporters in Cleveland at practice on Wednesday. But he wasn't, and they didn't, and now the Warriors have to beat a very good Cavaliers team on their home floor for the second straight game if they want to eliminate said very good Cavaliers team for the second straight year. That's where Golden State's at; it's where...
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