In Memphis attacked Green, Steph Kerry made a winning move: "Defensive Underrated"
The Golden State forward was sent off after an ugly foul on Clark, who accused him of "doing it his entire career. Jordan Paul excited, cold:" It did not surprise me "
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02/05/2022
Monday, 02 May 2022, 07:36 Updated: 07:46
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Drymond Green responds to his dismissal in Game 1 against Memphis (from Twitter)
Immediately after the dramatic Golden State 117: 117 over Memphis, Drymond Green stood at the entrance to the locker room embracing every player and teammate of the Warriors.
The Golden State forward suffered a pang of conscience after being sent off less than two minutes into the half following a foul on Brandon Clark, right in the middle of his team’s comeback.
But even without him the Warriors managed to scrape victory thanks to a three-pointer by Clay Thompson and especially thanks to a tremendous play by Jordan Paul who continued his good form from the regular season and provided tremendous numbers of 31 points, 9 assists, 2 blocks and scored an excellent percentage (12 of 20) .
Steph Kerry also contributed his share with 24 points and also a big move on defense when he blocked Ja Morant 21 seconds to go and actually secured the win.
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Justified exclusion?
Green in Trash Talk with Morant (Photo: Reuters)
But the move in question for this game was actually the dirty move of Drymond Green, who grabbed Brandon Clark's shirt while it was rising on the way to the dunk and almost caused his injury.
Green tried to justify his move and told Steve Kerr that "his hand was caught in Clark's shirt."
He conveyed the same message to the judges while they watched the course again, but these were not impressed and decided to keep him away.
After being sent off Green started cracking a crazy run on the parquet, encouraged his friends and ran to the locker room absorbing boos from the local crowd.
Steph Kerry also defended Green and said it "was crazy to keep him away".
But Memphis was unimpressed and Brandon Clark attacked: "He's known for committing unsportsmanlike offenses all his career. I've seen him on TV all his life, that's how it feels. I was not really surprised by his behavior. I do not like to do flops, but he hurt me in a way. "Pretty strong twice. It was not surprising that he was sent off as he reacted. It's something he's done in the past."
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Great block on Morant in the last attack.
Steph Kerry (Photo: Reuters)
But with all due respect to Green, there was also a game and another game in Memphis.
Golden State managed to keep up quite well even without its best defensive player and enjoyed a great defensive move by Steph Kerry who blocked JE Morant immediately after Clay Thompson's three-point clutch.
"Steph has been underrated defensively for a long time," Steve Kerr said after the game, "I think this is his best defensive season of his career. We see it all season. It was a brilliant move by Steph on defense."
So Steph made a big defensive move, but the defensive star was not Steph nor Thompson, but Jordan Paul, who shelled out 31 points and became part of an exciting matrio.
"It's Jordan we've been seeing for a few months now," praised Steve Kerr, "that's how he has looked for a long time. He's not always going to score five threes. He's 31 points and will almost make a triple double, but he's a playmaker. So it did not surprise me. "
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