{"id":46090,"date":"2022-06-11T10:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T10:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/warriors-draymond-green-frustrated-after-being-pulled-in-4th-quarter-but-understands-need-to-roll-with-hot-lineup\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T10:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T10:35:26","slug":"warriors-draymond-green-frustrated-after-being-pulled-in-4th-quarter-but-understands-need-to-roll-with-hot-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/warriors-draymond-green-frustrated-after-being-pulled-in-4th-quarter-but-understands-need-to-roll-with-hot-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors&#8217; Draymond Green frustrated after being pulled in 4th quarter, but understands need to &#8216;roll&#8217; with hot lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BOSTON &#8211; Draymond Green said he wasn&#8217;t &#8220;thrilled&#8221; when Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr pulled him out Friday night with under eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 4 in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>While Green did come up with two big plays on a crucial possession with just over a minute to go to help the Warriors pull out a 107-97 series-evening win, he had to come to grips with sitting for nearly four minutes in the thick of the fourth quarter before being subbed in and out a few times for situational defense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m definitely never thrilled coming out of the game with seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter in a must-win game,&#8221; Green said.  &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to sit here and act like I was thrilled. I&#8217;m a competitor.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;But if that&#8217;s what Coach decides, then you roll with it. I had to keep my head in the game and whenever I went back in, try to make some plays. That was just my mindset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green&#8217;s offensive struggles in the Finals continued as he missed six of seven shots before finishing with 2 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals in 32 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With the Celtics up 90-86 with 7:32 remaining, Kerr subbed Kevon Looney (11 rebounds and six points) and Andrew Wiggins (17 points and 16 rebounds) in for Green and Nemanja Bjelica.<\/p>\n<p>After Marcus Smart made a free throw out of that timeout to push the lead to five, the Warriors outscored Boston 11-3 to take a 97-94 lead with Green out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We took him out and put Loon in around maybe 7:40, which was our plan, anyway,&#8221; Kerr explained.  &#8220;But Loon was playing so well and Jordan Poole was playing so well, so we just stayed with the group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Told that Green did not look thrilled to sit, Kerr said he didn&#8217;t see Green&#8217;s reaction but that he never wants his players to be happy about being taken out.<\/p>\n<p>Green is shooting 6-for-26, including 0-for-9 from 3-point range, and has scored a total of 17 points with 18 fouls in the Finals.  He&#8217;s averaging 7.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the ultimate competitor,&#8221; Kerr said.  &#8220;Lui Came back in. Made huge plays down the stretch. He finishes a game with 4 steals, 8 assists, 9 boards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, this is a tough series for him to score because of Boston&#8217;s size and athleticism, but he&#8217;s still impacting the game at a huge level. And he knows we&#8217;re just going to do whatever it takes to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After some situational substitutions by Kerr with Green and Poole, Green made his biggest plays of the night, grabbing an offensive rebound off a Klay Thompson missed 3-pointer and then later driving and dishing to Looney for a layup that pushed the Warriors up 102- 97 with 1:04 left.<\/p>\n<p>Still, to have Green sit late in a must-win Finals game was a rare sight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s so much trust in how we do things,&#8221; said Stephen Curry, who had 43 points and 10 rebounds.  &#8220;And decisions that Coach makes and responsibility falls on us as players; that Loon went in there, dominated the paint, got us some big rebounds, created a presence. Draymond came back in and had some juice and some life on the defensive end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We obviously understand it&#8217;s just about winning. &#8230; We&#8217;ve all been on the side where it doesn&#8217;t go your way from the top all the way to the bottom. It&#8217;s not fun. It&#8217;s not something you readily accept, but you understand the big picture, and obviously especially when it pays off. So it&#8217;s more so the trust in Loon and what he&#8217;s able to do than any kind of like situation with Draymond. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>With the Finals tied at 2-2 and the Warriors looking to swing the series in their favor back at home in Game 5, Kerr said he will do &#8220;whatever it takes&#8221; to win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always been on the bandwagon of if you&#8217;ve got something and it&#8217;s rolling, you stick with it,&#8221; Green said.  &#8220;So it is what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON &#8211; Draymond Green said he wasn&#8217;t &#8220;thrilled&#8221; when Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr pulled him out Friday night with under eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 4 in Boston. 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