Stephen A. Smith thinks Draymond Green should have been thrown out. There is a delay of1:45.
Draymond Green wanted to bring force in the NBA Finals.
"If I'm going on about my summer and we lost the NBA Finals, I wouldn't be able to live with myself," Green said. I think that was just for me, and I know that that is my department. I have to lead, and I can't let my guys down.
The lack of physical contact was what stuck out to Green the most. The Celtics took advantage of the Warriors letting their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter to win that game.
He thought it was the most important adjustment.
Immediately, Green's intensity increased. Green forced a turnover on the very first possession of the game when he tied up Al Horford. The way he was going to play was set in motion by that.
Horford, Smart and White combined to shoot just 6-for-23 in the second game. They knocked down 15 of 23 shots from 3-point range in the first game.
It's important to meet force with force when you get to the NBA finals. I didn't think they felt us enough when I watched the film and how I felt. The reason you lose is because a team didn't feel like you. It's a pity. Once you get to this level, a team was better than you.
Green attributes his physical nature to where he was raised in Michigan and the era of basketball he watched as a child.
Growing up, I watched guys like Gary Payton and Rasheed Wallace. I watched how they did their job. A man named Dennis Rodman. I have a lot of admiration for Uncle Oak, how he enforced things. It is a part of the game. It's a skill.
As far as Green is concerned, Game 2 was not only a display of the raised level of intensity he and the Warriors needed after the opening game, but it was also what they need to close it out.
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