Draymond Green

Maxwell and Green have engaged in a back-and-forth over the Warriors' style of play versus physicality in the '80s.

Golden State shook it off to tie the series with a 107-88 blowout in Game 2, but Maxwell was not impressed with the way Green chose to play. "Some of the guys that be talking weren't the guys that was punching people," Green said. Needless to say, Maxwell was not a fan of this response. "There were a few guys back then that would lay you out, that would knock you out, that would foul you and get thrown out the game: Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn. But everyone running around acting like they were that. Boston started the series in dominating fashion after a massive fourth quarter gave them a 120-108 win in Game 1. Maxwell did not believe in Golden State's toughness before the series even began.

The banter between former Boston Celtics star Cedric Maxwell and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green continues.

A lot of the shenanigans that’s going on in the game right now with Draymond would not have been tolerated during the ’80s. Maxwell certainly found himself in the middle of many brawls. There was a lot of pushing, elbowing, and trash-talking to try and get the Boston player off their game. They act like guys was just walking around the court and like, ‘I’m hitting that guy in the nose.’ Green was the talk of Game 2. Maxwell came back and implied that Green didn’t know what he was talking about since he wasn’t even born when he played.

Draymond Green met with the media on Tuesday, and his comments have gone viral on Twitter. The Golden State Warriors are in Boston to play the Celtics for ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The Warriors are in Boston to play the Celtics for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday evening at the TD Garden. Draymond Green met with the media on Tuesday, and his comments have gone viral on Twitter. The Golden State Warriors are in Boston to play the Celtics for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

Draymond Green and Grant Williams got tangled up during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics.

You can't get to this stage, to this level, and the reason you lose is because a team didn't feel you. You have to lose once you get to this level because a team was just better than you." "You get to the NBA Finals, and physicality and meeting force with force is important.

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Immediately after Green fouled out, as he continued to shout from the sideline, Robert Williams threw down a thunderous alley-oop, giving the Celtics a 14-point ...

The Celtics on the floor and the fans in the stands will be doing their best to try to influence a repeat of Game 3. In terms of the overall performance, Green's showing on Wednesday night was the first of its kind. Green was called for a foul for grabbing Grant Williams on one Celtics possession early in the second quarter, then drew an offensive foul on Williams on the next Boston possession. With just over four minutes remaining in the game, amid a mad scramble for a loose ball, Green threw a light shove into Marcus Smart. In doing so, Green picked up his sixth foul of the game. The Warriors were outscored by 13 points when Green was on the floor, a stark contrast from his impactful performance one game earlier. BOSTON -- Draymond Green entered Game 3 of the NBA Finals with a spotlight on him.

Sooner or later, the dog is going to bite you,” Parish said on a podcast this week.

“But sooner or later, the dog is going to bite you.” Trying to provoke them to do something detrimental to their team.” He was trying to start trouble with different Celtics players, trying to get them to do something out of character.

Draymond Green didn't hold back Wednesday night after a reporter asked if he was giving up too much on his podcast after games in the NBA Finals.

"How much X's and O's do you get from the podcast?" Respect." "Respect. Thanks for the podcast promo you just gave me there. The only thing you said is White, Smart and Horford." "If that's X's and O's the I don't know... "You reaching for something.

Draymond Green had a very disappointing performance in Game 3. He finished with 2 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists, and despite the fact that he had good.

Draymond Green does that in a grade school game, not in the NBA Finals... He has lost focus in terms of concentrating on beating the opponent" The Boston Celtics managed to steal a game on the road in Game 1, and now, it's the Golden State Warriors' turn to do so. It shows up in the box score, in a game like tonight.

When the Golden State Warriors needed his best, Draymond Green was at his worst in Game 3...

“I have all the confidence in the world in Draymond Green,” Thompson said. Just three nights after his trash talk and dominant defense propelled the Warriors to a Game 2 win in San Francisco, Green was a liability on both ends of the floor. However, it might be the first time he played so poorly on the biggest of stages. It was midway through the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ 116-100 loss to the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, and Green had just endured perhaps the worst performance of his playoff career. The Warriors’ emotional leader, Green struggled to channel his signature tenacity as his team dug a 15-point hole late in the first quarter. Added Warriors head coach Steve Kerr: “He had a tough game, but I trust Draymond as much as I trust anybody.

BOSTON — Draymond Green will hear the criticism after a subpar Game 3 where he fouled out in the fourth quarter. He heard jeers all night from the TD Garden ...

Green struggled in Game 3, where he put up just two points, four rebounds and three assists in 35 minutes before he fouled out of the game. “That’s just contesting shots,” Green said. When Green asked for a follow up of what Xs-and-Os he disclosed on his podcast, the reporter said how the Warriors covered Derrick White, Al Horford and Marcus Smart differently from Game 1 compared to Game 2.

Draymond Green goes back and forth with a reporter who asked if his podcast could be revealing “X's and O's” for the Celtics: “You're reaching for something ...

Speaking to media following Wednesday's 116–100 loss to the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Green was asked to assess his performance after finishing the ...

Prior to this series, Green had been much more effective offensively, averaging 8.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game on 53.9% shooting. It’s the second time this series Green has fouled out of a game after doing so in Game 1 as well. His response was concise, and to the point:

Warriors star Draymond Green didn't mince words when describing his horrible performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Celtics.

Steve Kerr, however, is not making a big deal of Green’s latest setback. Green fouled out of the contest and finished with a brutal stat line of two points, four rebounds and three assists. True enough, Draymond Green was non-impactful in Game 3 and “soft” might just be the most apt word to describe his performance.

"(Green's) one of our best players," Steve Kerr said. "We rely on him for his energy and his brain. … He'll bounce back. He always does."

It is now on Green to get back on that knife’s edge again, in what will be a must-win for Golden State on Friday night. He bounced back with a strong Game 2, with an impact that didn’t show up on the stat sheet (nine points, five rebounds). As ever with Green, it’s the snarls, the skirmishes, the way he gets under the opponent’s skin and drives them to distraction. But like I said, (also) knowing the No. 1 adjustment is the force that I play with. Laimbeer literally wore a snazzy black fedora in Portland in 1990 as he completely discombobulated the Trail Blazers emotionally, taking control of a series that was 1-1 coming to the Rose City, with the Blazers having three consecutive games on their home floor. That Laimbeer, a four-time All-Star who averaged double figures in rebounds for seven straight seasons, and was a two-time NBA champion who grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds, isn’t in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame remains a terrible sore spot for Pistons fans. By game’s end, Green was reduced to screaming at referee Courtney Kirkland after fouling out with 4:07 left — no foul was called on Al Horford after he fell on a prone Curry as both dove for a loose ball. “We rely on him for his energy and his brain. Even now, after going just 1-of-4 from the floor and grabbing only four rebounds in 35 minutes, Green wore the black hat comfortably. It has been this way around Green for so long that the Warriors didn’t even seem to notice. It’s been like that the whole playoffs, every run we’ve made over the course (of the past few years). He expects it. Another day in the life of Green, who played, in his own words, “like s—” and “soft” in the Celtics’ 116-100 victory over the Warriors, giving Boston a 2-1 series lead. Then little Deuce and Green’s son, D.J., who’d sat on the podium with his father, took a picture together.

Draymond Green was clearly Public Enemy No. 1 at TD Garden in Boston during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night.

Green was roundly booed by the Boston faithful during pregame introductions, and then later when he touched the ball in the first quarter of Game 3. This is hardly the first time that Green has been singled out by another team’s fanbase. If Green’s plan was to get under the skin of the Celtics and their fans, he was successful.

The two players had to be separated and luckily for both teams, the veteran officiating crew didn't assess technical fouls to either Green or Williams.

Green was given a technical foul, his fourth of the 2022 NBA playoffs. You're not me. Green and Williams obviously had different views of the Game 2 trash talking, and it's safe to say their thoughts on the Game 3 incident won't be the same.

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors were not happy after suffering a 116- ...

NBA players talk Xs and Os with the media all the time, and if Green didn't talk about basketball games on his podcast, would anyone have a reason to listen? Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors were not happy after suffering a 116-100 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals Wednesday night. OK, so Green was being pretty rude there but that's also a bad question.

Green has long been heralded as one of the most integral pieces in the Warriors' lineup not named Stephen Curry. He is the team's defensive system and primary ...

The Warriors struggled when he was injured and out of the lineup, so he does provide a lot of stability for this team. Draymond is not a gifted scorer, but he has always been a great playmaker and hard-nosed while getting rebounds. Green has long been heralded as one of the most integral pieces in the Warriors' lineup not named Stephen Curry. He is the team's defensive system and primary playmaker.

Green fouled out and finished with just two points, four rebounds and three assists.

The Celtics bounced back in Game 3 and did what they were supposed to do by defending homecourt. Instead of waiting around to see what Green would do, the Celtics threw the first punch in Game 3. He finished with two points, four rebounds, three assists, had more turnovers (2) than made baskets (1) and fouled out in the middle of the fourth quarter. If he's going to come in here and try to be physical, this is our house and we've got to protect it." "We've just got to turn around and do the same thing. The Celtics did just that.

Draymond Green was serenaded with F-bombs in Game 3. His coach and a star teammate didn't like it. Read more on Boston.com.

What’s the Xs and Os that I say on the podcast?” “Monty, how much Xs and Os did you get from the podcast? “Nah, I don’t say much different on the podcast than I say to you right here,” Green said. We like to play by the term, ‘Make them play left-handed’ and I don’t think we did that tonight. “But we like to make teams play left-handed. “If that’s Xs and Os, then I don’t – you’re reaching for something. “Not enough force, but I’ve just got to find a rhythm quicker.” “That was just contested shots,” Green said. “It was not a factor [in the loss],” Warriors star guard Klay Thompson added. Green’s performance certainly gave the Celtics’ crowd a lot to cheer for. “Not really my job to react to them. They did what I expected.”

Should he have been ejected from Game 2? Did his physicality set the tone for the Warriors? Rattle the Celtics? Take Jaylen Brown out of his hot start? He even ...

We rely on him for his energy and his brain,” he said. He always does.” The two players who he’d rattled in Game 2 came out motivated in Game 3. He wasn’t fazed. “I embrace it. He knew what awaited him in Boston, a fan base that loves having an opponent to hate.

Celtics fans repeatedly chanted "F*** you, Draymond" and "Draymond sucks" at Warriors forward Draymond Green in Game 3 of the NBA Finals last night.

Dropping f-bombs with children in the crowd. He also got into a skirmish with Jaylen Brown and trash-talked Grant Williams in the process. The Warriors forward has become the NBA’s top heel.

Draymond Green was asked about whether or not he's "conscious" of what he says on his podcast and the possibility that he's giving the Celtics intel on the ...

The only thing you said was White, Smart and Horford, hmm. When you find that they are taking X’s and O’s away from your podcast. If that’s X’s and O’s then…

Draymond Green didn't play great in the Warriors' Game 3 loss against the Boston Celtics. He wasn't in a jovial mood after the game, either.

Later on, Draymond Green snuck in one last snarky remark at the reporter. “Appreciate the podcast promo you just gave me, bro. Uhh well, the only thing you said is White, Smart, and Horford.’ Hmm.” “If that’s Xs and Os, you reaching for something. ‘Do you find that they are taking Xs and Os away from your podcast? Safe to say Draymond didn’t appreciate the insinuation.

Twitter poked fun at Draymond Green after a disappointing performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

Being a Warriors fan must be relatively easy, at least compared to most other teams in any other sport. You already have three championships in the bag.

You know that he knows it, and it must be more upsetting to think that he doesn’t know. You watch Draymond’s highest total on a night be his fouls and conversations with refs and there have to be palpitations. It’s not always on the cover of the magazine, but it’s there in the middle if you look for it. It’s not going in, and you know it, and something must’ve gone wrong for it to have happened at all. If you know your shit, then you know all the things that Draymond Green does that helps the Warriors win. They’re still there, they’re just shrouded in people who want to be part of the party.

That would be a normal level of dirty … but Tatum's right shoulder was injured during the Eastern Conference Finals and may have gotten it hurt again in Game 2 ...

Draymond Green said he played "like s***" after the Golden State Warriors lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics.

“You know, he always bounces back from losses and from tough nights individually. “I trust Draymond as much as I trust anybody,” Warriors coach Kerr said. But he was unusually unimpactful defensively and worse offensively.

Draymond Green played “like s--t” in Game 3. He admitted it. So when Stephen A. Smith went on “First Take” this morning, there was a good chance Green would ...

You’ve got to change that.” “You’ve got to show up,” Smith asserted. But you’ve got to play. Klay Thompson needs you bro. Steph Curry needs you bro. “Because Game 1 you didn’t show up.

Renee took to her Instagram story to slam "very disgusting" behavior by Boston fans — and called out the NBA for not implementing its fan code of conduct ...

“We’ve played in front of rude fans before,” he said after the game. Like that’s ok??” Renee wrote, tagging Green and the NBA in her post. The NBA has the audacity to have a whole code of conduct card at every seat about fans and their behavior and how they could be ejected from a game or banned but a whole crowd/section numbers people get to chant (cq) F–K YOU DRAYMOND or call him a B–ch or MF?!” And nothing??