If the Golden State Warriors are going to sort this mini-mess out, if they're going to prove they're more than Stephen Curry, if they're going to stabilize a series that until Thursday's Game 3 loss seemed like a ready-made sweep, Draymond Green must be the one to do it.
Among the many things Thursday's 97-96 loss to the Houston Rockets proved—the underdogs can actually try for an entire half, Harrison Barnes and Klay Thompson are more dependent on Curry for survival than previously thought and Andre Iguodala may have reached the point where he can't be a shutdown force every night—the centrality of Green to Golden State's survival was the biggest.
Green, by his own admission, had a rough one, telling reporters afterward (via Bay Area Sports Guy's Steve Berman):
I cost us the game. The world will think I'm talking about that last turnover, and I'm not. I turned the ball over. That happens. But I was awful. The whole game. I don't really … I care about that turnover, but I don't care to the point where I feel like that turnover cost us. I cost us the whole game, throughout the game.
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It’s Draymond Green Time Now
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