With the 121-126 defeat against the Houston Rockets, Draymond Green’s record has officially become a thing of the past.
The third match between Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors ended with a victory on the “Missile Rocket” with a score of 126-121. Despite not being able to help the team to win, Draymond Green personally also performed very effectively and wonderfully.
He has participated 3 times in All-Star and made his own Triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in 44 minutes. This is the 28th Triple-double in Green’s career and also the 2nd in the playoffs this year.
In the previous 27 times, the victory rate of “Warriors” whenever Green made Triple-double reached the absolute number of 100%. However, at the 28th miracle did not happen again. Despite playing extremely actively and making a Triple-double, Green still could not lead the Warriors to the final victory of James Harden’s that day.
This failure caused the Warriors to be shortened by the gap to 1-2 in the Bo7 series between the two teams. Not only that, this result also boosted the pent-up mentality of Rockets after 2 consecutive failures. By continuing to compete at Toyota Center in game 4, the goal of the Rockets will be nothing but victory. So, without the best preparation, Green and his teammates could fully fail once again
Green is his best performance in this year’s playoff round, especially after DeMarcus Cousins’ unfortunate injury, Green is the No. 1 choice for the center position of “The Warriors”. After the first 9 matches, Green scored 13.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game.
Certainly, Warriors will need Green’s excellent performance in the “hinge” game between the two teams on the coming 7/5 at Toyota Center. If the opponent is defeated, Warriors will take a 3-1 lead before returning to the ORACLE Arena in the next match. But if they lose, they will have a tie 2-2. This is the time to test the faith of Green and his teammates.