Draymond Green thanks Steph Curry for saving him in Game 3 vs. Kings
Draymond thanks Steph for saving him in Warriors' Game 3 win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
For the second time in the last 10 months, Steph Curry authored a memorable performance to save Draymond Green from endless public ridicule.
Curry's 36-point effort in the Warriors' Game 3 win over the Kings in their first-round NBA playoff series on Thursday night at Chase Center came in the wake of Green being suspended for the contest after stomping on the chest of Kings center Domantas Sabonis late in Game 2.
"Steph Curry's game last night was just jazz," Green said on "The Draymond Green Show," which was published Friday. "It was beautiful. It was absolutely beautiful. He was in control of everything. There's not many guys, definitely in the league right now, that can control a game like that. You're talking Steph Curry, LeBron James ... Luka [Doncic], that really controls the entire pace of the game. Everything that happens. It's so incredibly hard to do that.
"To watch Steph Curry do that last night ... You held me down again, brother. Held me down again. I can't thank him enough. Absolutely amazing. Once again. A master at work. Not oftentimes in life do you get to see a master at work. Appreciate that because I sure did."
Without Green, the Warriors were in danger of falling into a 3-0 hole against their NorCal rivals. But Curry willed Golden State to a 17-point victory.
"We saw NBA Finals Steph Curry, which was absolutely incredible," Green said. "Controlled the entire game. It was just like a calmness, 'I'm not letting us lose, I'm in this moment, it is what it is and there's nothing anyone can do about it.' Masterful. What we watched Steph Curry do last night was just a master at work
Last June, Green needed Curry to pick him up against the Boston Celtics during the NBA Finals. When the series shifted to TD Garden, Green had a forgettable Game 3 and a less-than-stellar Game 4.
But the eventual NBA Finals MVP authored one of the greatest games of his career to help the Warriors win Game 4 and thus save Green from public criticism for his poor play.
Ten months later, Green had to watch from home as Curry saved him and the Warriors' season.
After the Warriors' 114-97 win over the Kings, Green made his way to Chase Center and revealed that he had quite the conversation with Curry in the locker room.
"When I got to the arena last night, I got to the arena after the game, I sat there next to him and I just said 'Yo, wow. Wow. Like, that was just masterful, Steph,' " Green said. "And we talked about it. We talked about what he saw. Some of the things we spoke about leading into the game and then to speak about those things after the game and to see that those things worked was special. The aura was special."
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Green will return to the lineup for Game 4 on Sunday with the goal of helping Curry and the Warriors even the best-of-seven series.