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Draymond Green had no problem making guarantees after committing a costly turnover that turned into a Game 5 loss on the road to the Houston Rockets, putting the Golden State Warriors at the brink of elimination, down in the series 3-2.
The mercurial engine forward was assertive and unequivocal for a Game 6 win at Oracle Arena, looking forward to a return to Houston for a potential do-or-die game.
“We'll be back here for Game 7,” said Green, according to ESPN's Chris Haynes. “You'd be a fool not to believe me. If you don't ever believe anything I say, believe this: We're a group of champions.”
The Warriors do boast that championship pedigree, having won two titles in the past two seasons under very different circumstances.
Coach Steve Kerr concurred with his team, not phased by a second-consecutive loss, but rather excited for what's to come in the next few games.
“I think they're angry,” Kerr said. “I think they know that we could have won this game, could have won the last game. I think they're sitting in there and they're angry, as they should be. They're competitors.”
This the biggest roadblock the Warriors have faced within this current roster construction, having breezed their way through the playoffs last season in a 16-1 postseason run in 2017.
“This is the worst situation we've been in since Kevin's been here, and we're two wins from making the NBA Finals. So that's a pretty good worst situation to be in,” Kerr said.
“We're right there. We found some things tonight that worked for us. I'm extremely confident that we're going to take care of business, and we've just got to be a little sharper.”
Both Warriors and Rockets, the top two scoring offenses in the league, have failed to reach 100 points in the last two games — a trend that hasn't bode well for the defending champions.
