“Got a lot of respect for him,” said Green of Sengun. “You know, I’ve played against a lot of guys. I always tell people that in playoff series one of two things happen: Either you completely lose respect for someone or you gain a lot of respect for someone … You get to see who is really real. So Sengun is real. He ain’t back down at all. “[But] what I would say to Sengun — flop a little less. Embellish a little less,” Green continued. “Because with a defender like me. Imma feed off that. He real, he physical, he ain’t backing down … A lot of respect for him.”
Source: Larry Brown Sports
Source: Larry Brown Sports
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Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
80-60 after 3. Hield and Draymond each with 18. Julius Randle leading the Wolves with 14.
Man, what a weird game – 11:35 PM
80-60 after 3. Hield and Draymond each with 18. Julius Randle leading the Wolves with 14.
Man, what a weird game – 11:35 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Warriors starters to open the second half
Brandin Podziemski
Buddy Hield
Jimmy Butler
Gary Payton II
Draymond Green
Steve Kerr leaning defense to open. It seems likely he will go to Kuminga again in search of scoring with Curry down. – 10:58 PM
Warriors starters to open the second half
Brandin Podziemski
Buddy Hield
Jimmy Butler
Gary Payton II
Draymond Green
Steve Kerr leaning defense to open. It seems likely he will go to Kuminga again in search of scoring with Curry down. – 10:58 PM
Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh
Steph leaves with hammy
Buddy Hield 0-7 FG with 0 3PA
Anthony Edwards 0-8 FG
Draymond 4 threes
Wolves 0-15 on threes
Jimmy Butler with 5 orebs and a three
that first half was drunk – 10:47 PM
Steph leaves with hammy
Buddy Hield 0-7 FG with 0 3PA
Anthony Edwards 0-8 FG
Draymond 4 threes
Wolves 0-15 on threes
Jimmy Butler with 5 orebs and a three
that first half was drunk – 10:47 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
That kind of half for the Wolves: A Draymond Green airball falls right into Jimmy Butler’s hands to set up an easy layup right before the end of the 2nd Q. GSW leads MIN 44-31, with the Wolves shooting an anemic 31.8% overall, including an 0-for-15 mark from 3. – 10:43 PM
That kind of half for the Wolves: A Draymond Green airball falls right into Jimmy Butler’s hands to set up an easy layup right before the end of the 2nd Q. GSW leads MIN 44-31, with the Wolves shooting an anemic 31.8% overall, including an 0-for-15 mark from 3. – 10:43 PM
Jimmy Spencer @JimmySpencer
No Steph for the remainder of the game.
Draymond pacing for a 30 piece.
Ant with no field goals.
Warriors defense holding the Wolves to 31 points in the first half. – 10:43 PM
No Steph for the remainder of the game.
Draymond pacing for a 30 piece.
Ant with no field goals.
Warriors defense holding the Wolves to 31 points in the first half. – 10:43 PM
Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
Hold Up Draymond. Didn’t have this version of Draymond on my Bingo Card for tonight – 10:39 PM
Hold Up Draymond. Didn’t have this version of Draymond on my Bingo Card for tonight – 10:39 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Game 1 starters
Warriors
Steph Curry
Brandin Podziemski
Buddy Hield
Jimmy Butler
Draymond Green
Timberwolves
Mike Conley
Anthony Edwards
Jaden McDaniels
Julius Randle
Rudy Gobert – 9:03 PM
Game 1 starters
Warriors
Steph Curry
Brandin Podziemski
Buddy Hield
Jimmy Butler
Draymond Green
Timberwolves
Mike Conley
Anthony Edwards
Jaden McDaniels
Julius Randle
Rudy Gobert – 9:03 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
As a former teammate of Draymond Green, Donte DiVincenzo knows Green’s tricks to get under the opponent’s skin, but says the Wolves won’t shy away from engaging with the Warriors forward. “Everybody knows that’s the ultimate competitor, and we have them too” pic.x.com/yHgCdw68Wh – 1:25 PM
As a former teammate of Draymond Green, Donte DiVincenzo knows Green’s tricks to get under the opponent’s skin, but says the Wolves won’t shy away from engaging with the Warriors forward. “Everybody knows that’s the ultimate competitor, and we have them too” pic.x.com/yHgCdw68Wh – 1:25 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Rudy Gobert on the prospect of going up against Draymond Green this series: “I enjoy it. He’s a fierce competitor … and so am I” pic.x.com/Bs8rwAEeyf – 1:01 PM
Rudy Gobert on the prospect of going up against Draymond Green this series: “I enjoy it. He’s a fierce competitor … and so am I” pic.x.com/Bs8rwAEeyf – 1:01 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“You got one more time bro…one more time” 😆
Former NBA PF & current @NBAalumni CEO & President Antonio Davis says he wouldn’t put up with Draymond Green’s overly physical play if he was on the floor.
Hear Give and Go with @worldwidewob & @adaniels33 every weekday at 1pm ET on pic.x.com/iRWDiLoyLF – 12:43 PM
“You got one more time bro…one more time” 😆
Former NBA PF & current @NBAalumni CEO & President Antonio Davis says he wouldn’t put up with Draymond Green’s overly physical play if he was on the floor.
Hear Give and Go with @worldwidewob & @adaniels33 every weekday at 1pm ET on pic.x.com/iRWDiLoyLF – 12:43 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Draymond Green has scored 20.1 percent of his points in the NBA in the playoffs.
That’s the highest mark of any All-Star in league history (ahead of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Kawhi Leonard). – 9:00 AM
Draymond Green has scored 20.1 percent of his points in the NBA in the playoffs.
That’s the highest mark of any All-Star in league history (ahead of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Kawhi Leonard). – 9:00 AM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Draymond Green greeting Alperen Sengun, Fred VanVleet, Ime Udoka, Amen Thompson and Steven Adams after the series. Pretty friendly postgame scene in Houston. pic.x.com/oc4zSGmKRD – 11:13 PM
Draymond Green greeting Alperen Sengun, Fred VanVleet, Ime Udoka, Amen Thompson and Steven Adams after the series. Pretty friendly postgame scene in Houston. pic.x.com/oc4zSGmKRD – 11:13 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
Rockets deserve to feel nothing but excellent about their season. Returning to the playoffs w/ 52 wins and an in-your-face competitive culture. They’re loaded with young talent — Thompson, Smith, Eason, Sengun, Green + more. They’ve got draft picks. They’re set up for the future. – 11:05 PM
Rockets deserve to feel nothing but excellent about their season. Returning to the playoffs w/ 52 wins and an in-your-face competitive culture. They’re loaded with young talent — Thompson, Smith, Eason, Sengun, Green + more. They’ve got draft picks. They’re set up for the future. – 11:05 PM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets looked like they punched themselves out in Games 5 and 6. If so, series was lost when when they dropped those 2 games in SF and had to climb back. Either way, they are not winning post-season games, never mind a Game 7, with Sengun inefficient and Green invisible. – 11:02 PM
Rockets looked like they punched themselves out in Games 5 and 6. If so, series was lost when when they dropped those 2 games in SF and had to climb back. Either way, they are not winning post-season games, never mind a Game 7, with Sengun inefficient and Green invisible. – 11:02 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Amen+Sengun: 50 percent from the field (no threes)
Rest of the team: 28.6 percent from the field – 10:30 PM
Amen+Sengun: 50 percent from the field (no threes)
Rest of the team: 28.6 percent from the field – 10:30 PM
Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Warriors are killing between Draymond on defense and Hield’s shotmaking, but holy mother of god Amen Thompson is special right now on the court and just willing the Rockets to stay in this game. This is unreal. That tip over three guys off of the Sengun miss was CRAZY. – 10:09 PM
Warriors are killing between Draymond on defense and Hield’s shotmaking, but holy mother of god Amen Thompson is special right now on the court and just willing the Rockets to stay in this game. This is unreal. That tip over three guys off of the Sengun miss was CRAZY. – 10:09 PM
Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
oh what a read by draymond, knew the pass was coming but waited patiently to bait sengun into throwing it – 9:32 PM
oh what a read by draymond, knew the pass was coming but waited patiently to bait sengun into throwing it – 9:32 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Just realizing how much Sengun travels. Like on every play – 9:10 PM
Just realizing how much Sengun travels. Like on every play – 9:10 PM
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Anthony Slater: Here’s Draymond Green’s perspective on the Steph Curry injury — said Curry was “deflated” — and the team’s response without him “Robin turned into Batman and what do you call Buddy? Alfred turned into Robin.” -via Bluesky / May 7, 2025
Draymond Green: Dillon Brooks ran off the court. So when I say you see what guys is made of—he ran off the court, like ain’t shake nobody up. And you was—you admitted that you was trying to hurt Steph’s hand, which again, fine by me, bro. Like I get it. We all get it when you hoop. You know what I’m saying? So if you going to be on that type of time, you got that time in the press, on that time all the time. You going to be talking, you going to be Mr. Big Bad Wolf. Don’t lose and then not face the music. Don’t be that guy, because again, you lose a lot of respect for guys in that moment. -via YouTube / May 6, 2025
Draymond Green: I got a lot of love for young fella because the way he go about his business, the way he play the game. I got a lot of love for him. Don’t be like that because you lose respect when—when guys lose respect for you in this league. Like, it don’t matter, and it’s going to catch you in the end, you know what I’m saying? Like, Dillon Brooks couldn’t come through in this series in large part because nobody on the court respects you. So, anything you do, the way it’s going to be looked at, the way it’s going to be received—it ain’t beneficial to your team when you trying to win championships, you know what I’m saying? When you trying to compete at the highest level and you that type of guy, it ain’t beneficial to your team, and they catch you in the end. -via YouTube / May 6, 2025
Danielle Lerner: Rafael Stone: “We are not a team built around any one player offensively, whether it’s Jalen, Alperen or Amen.” -via Bluesky / May 6, 2025
Prevailing, 103-89, in Toyota Center on Sunday sent the team coached by Steve Kerr to the next round. “I learned a lot. First time in the Playoffs, for me,” the 22-year-old Turkish center replied to a question about facing Draymond Green in a best-of-seven series, “Aggressiveness in defense, play both ways. Just try to win, try to help my teammates.” “Obviously, he is one of the best defenders, all-time. It was great to play against him,” he added in a postgame press conference, “I have a lot to work on, and making all those easy shots. I will work a lot this offseason on those shots and come back even stronger next year. And hopefully make those next year in the Playoffs.” -via EuroHoops.net / May 5, 2025
“I learned real basketball,” he described overall postseason experience: “We learned how to play together. We played a team over and over seven times. So, just trying to stay together, talk every day. It was just a hard series for us.” “I think I improved my defense this season, but I have to work a lot more on my offense. I didn’t have a great year on offense. I was even better last year, I would say,” Sengun also went into his offseason plans, “I’m just going to focus on that, on my body, my touch, everything. A long summer is waiting for me. So, I have a lot to do.” -via EuroHoops.net / May 5, 2025
