{"id":1878,"date":"2025-04-27T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/1878\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T09:32:08","slug":"houston-rockets-jalen-green-chirps-warriors-draymond-green-after-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/1878\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets’ Jalen Green chirps Warriors’ Draymond Green after loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Rockets forward Dillon Brooks took a verbal jab<\/a> at Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green the day before the two teams met for Game 3<\/a> of their opening-round Western Conference playoff series at Chase Center.<\/p>\n

Saturday, it was Jalen Green\u2019s<\/a> turn.<\/p>\n

Continuing what\u2019s been an at-times testy series between the Warriors and Rockets, Draymond Green and Jalen Green, just moments after Golden State earned a 104-93 win<\/a> to take a 2-1 series lead thanks to Steph Curry\u2019s 36 points, exchanged words near midcourt. The two were separated without incident.<\/p>\n

Asked after the game what was discussed, Jalen Green, the Merced native who was playing in his first NBA road playoff game<\/a>, said, \u201cJust talking. You know, Steph had a good game. That\u2019s the reason they won. It was just talking.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Draymond) can\u2019t really do much of anything else. Talking is his only way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Draymond Green was 3-for-11 from the floor in Game 3 but also added eight rebounds and four assists in the potentially pivotal win.<\/a> In the first two games, Green was a combined 4-for-11 with 11 rebounds and six steals.<\/p>\n

Asked postgame if he commented on Jalen Green\u2019s painted fingernails and if the younger Green took umbrage with that, Draymond Green said, \u201cI\u2019m not sure what he took to. But it was a good win for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Warriors focused on slowing down Jalen Green, and the fourth-year player went 4-for-11 on Saturday with six rebounds and five assists. He had a combined 45 points in the first two games.<\/p>\n

Rockets guard Fred VanVleet got between the two Greens right after the game. Asked what prompted the exchange between his teammate and the older Green, a four-time World Champion<\/a> and finalist for the 2024-25 NBA\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year, the veteran VanVleet stayed out of the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t see nothing, don\u2019t know nothing,\u201d Vanvleet said. \u201cOn to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Game 2, Rockets guard and East Bay native Amen Thompson unintentionally took out the legs of Jimmy Butler, causing the Warriors forward to leave the game after a hard fall. Butler, still on the mend, did not play in Saturday\u2019s Game 3.<\/a><\/p>\n

Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn\u2019t feel Thompson\u2019s play was dirty. When asked about the incident, Brooks focused on Draymond Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I think the dirty player is Draymond (Green), giving him a little push as regular basketball players do,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cAnd Jimmy\u2019s fighting in the air for a rebound, and stuff happens. Amen\u2019s not a dirty player. He has (nothing) to do with being a dirty player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your response, Draymond?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have one,\u201d he said Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Rockets want to do a lot of things differently on Monday when they try to even the series before going back home for Game 5. That includes having better communication on defense and making other players, besides Curry, beat them.<\/p>\n

The Rockets also feel the Warriors want to get in the heads of their less experienced players. VanVleet, who helped the Toronto Raptors beat the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals, wants his teammates to remain level-headed and stay focused on winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a topic of conversation,\u201d said regarding the Warriors\u2019 perceived head games. \u201cObviously, we know what that brings to the game. But I would say we\u2019ve got some loose cannons on our team, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe deal with it all year. We go at each other in practice. It\u2019s a part of the game. Some guys like to trash-talk. Some guys don\u2019t really do it, but as long as we focus on basketball, we execute at a high level, and it doesn\u2019t take away from what we\u2019re trying to do and compete, I think the ultimate trash talk is to get the win. That\u2019s the most important thing, to get the win, and to win this series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to back down from anybody. I think that\u2019s understood by now. And the rest is, can we execute at a high enough level to get wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

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