It had been five years since Draymond Green hadn’t scored as many points in a game, regular season and playoffs included! In this Game 5, the interior of the Warriors compiles 21 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 interceptions, and in addition to his defense in the “money time”, we will remember this broken ankle on Domantas Sabonis, but also this “fadeaway” Out of nowhere.
“Draymond was incredible, especially at the end” reacts Steve Kerr. “Guys called him Draymond Nowitzki after his fadeaway, and that might be the most important shot of the game. He and Andrew fadeawayed, and those two shots made the difference. »
A statue for Draymond Green?
It’s not the first time Green has scored a ‘Nowitzki’ shot, but it amused his teammates and his coach, and Stephen Curry and Kerr have raised the idea of a ‘statue’ to immortalize this shot. “I hope they don’t make one” laughs Kerr. “You don’t make a statue when you do something once… He was amazing. His defense at the end of the game, his help, his long rebounds, his interceptions… In all our “stops”, Draymond was where it was needed. But his Nowitzki-esque fadeaway was very impressive.”
Inevitably, Green had to answer questions about this gesture.
“In Game 2, I took the same shot and missed it… This time it was in the money time and I figured I had to try it again” explains Green. “In Game 4, I was too aggressive, and I missed a lot of lay-ups. Six I believe. Tonight, going into the game, I knew what my spots would be, and coming off the bench is one of the luxuries. You see how the match goes, and you see how it goes. »
