The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Draymond Green Show — Game 4 Reaction: "Tough one"

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

Draymond Green discusses the Golden State Warriors losing Game 4 to the Los Angeles Lakers, the team's mindset moving forward, and the rest of the playoffs.  #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The volume. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Dremont Green Show. We are live on AMP for everyone that's not listening on AMP. We're recording this episode Tuesday morning. Tough loss last night for the Dubs. We're going to get into that. Talk a little bit about the other series before we get out of here.

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Tough one. Very tough one. I had a 99-96 lead after Clay hit a three and the Lakers ended the game on an eight to two run. And quite frankly, I thought we did enough to win the game up until the last two minutes or so, maybe even a minute and a half, two minutes. Our offensive execution wasn't there down the stretch, and that is on all of us. That's not on just clay, that's not on the Steph. That's on all of us. And, you know, I know everyone's talking about the Steph shot or a couple shots and the clay couple shots. And quite frankly, I'm rolling with them guys.

I'm rolling with them taking any shot that they feel is necessary. Could we have gotten a better one, of course. But I'm rolling with the same guys I rolled in with, as I told you before. And if they make those shots, it's, oh, my God, no one can shoot like them. They're the greatest shooters ever, which they are. And if you miss some people talk, and that's just the business that we're in. And so, you know, you can question the shots all you want. That's fine.

I get it. I understand it. But just know and understand that no one here is wavering at all. We riding with them no matter what. And, you know, there's other things that we could have done in the game back. And, you know, you got to go watch the film and figure those things out and apply them tomorrow. Because guess what? It's the first to four.

Not the first to three. Whether it's 3-1, whether it's 3-0, no matter. It's the reason it's a seven-game series. It's the first to four. And we understand that. I think every game that you win from this point on, like every game, period, every game won in the series flips the pressure to the other team. the moment you win the game, the pressure flips to the other team. I don't care if it's game one.

I don't care if it's game six. Only time the pressure doesn't flip to the other team is when you win game seven. Once game seven is one, pressure doesn't flip to the other team. That team goes home, you move on. And that's just that. So for us, the goal is to win one game. We've been here before. We've been here before, and we know what it takes.

And like I said, the goal is to win one game. You go win one game, all the pressure flips. You go back to crypto, three to two, essentially puts them in a must-win situation. No one wants to go on the road for a game seven. Must-win situations are a little different than any other game. So I think for us, the goal is always going to be, and the goal right now is just to go win the next game. And like I said, I think we did a bunch of things to win the game. and we just didn't execute down the stretch.

Figure that out. I trust that we'll execute down the stretch, as we always have, and you keep it pushing. I thought we did an incredible job of wearing both AD and LeBron down. They played a ton of men as very high usage. I thought we did a great job of wearing them down.

In turn, they went to Lonnie Walker in the fourth quarter. Most cases, that's a win. You know, and it's still a win. by the way, like, if you can stop them, stop LeBron from getting what shots he wants, stop AD from getting what shots he want. Lonnie Walker beat you, you kind of got to live with it. Lonnie Walker had a huge fourth quarter, 15 points in the fourth quarter, which was all the points that he scored in the game.

And you got to tip your hat to him. That's a brother who stayed ready, regardless of what's happened on their roster. I do find it very funny that all the questions and stuff about the Lakers' rosters and the guys that they've been rolling with, for the most part, with the exception of D. Lowe, Jared Vanderbilt, hasn't played a ton in the last few games. The guys that they've been rolling with was the guys that was already on the roster.

And so I just actually found that a bit funny. But, yeah, I think, you know, you tip your hat to Lonnie Walker. Like I said, that's a guy who's been in and out of the lineup, played a lot early on, didn't play much, didn't play it a little more than didn't play at all. And he stayed ready. And, you know, you tip your hat to true professionals who stay ready when their number is called. And he did that on the biggest stage.

On the biggest stage, he came through, where we were right there tying the series up two to two. He came through and he beat us. So you got to give him some credit. But like I said, and saying that, you know, when executing a defensive game playing, your goal is for LeBron James and for Anthony Davis not to beat you. I think for the most part, we did a pretty good job of that. Brian finished with 27, AD finished with 23. And like I said, they played a ton of minutes,

and just trying to wear them down over the course of time. And I thought we did a pretty good job of that. There's other things that you can't take care of. I thought Austin Reeves got a bunch of dribble penetration on us. You know, we had pretty much kept him in the bag the entire series. He got off, had a good game last night, 21 points on 7 for 15 shooting. We inserted GP into the lineup. I think GP did a great job on both sides of the.

the ball. GP did a good job finishing. He did a good job playmaking. And he did a great job of taking DeAngelo back out of the series. He finished with four points on one to ten shooting. You know, continuing to keep DeAngelo out of the series will be very important

going into tomorrow's game and for the rest of this series, as we expected to go seven. And I'm not wavering from that until I no longer see that it's possible to go on seven. Like I said, I trust where we are. I trust who we are. And I think that's what's most important in this

situation. I trust who we are. I trust the dogs that I rode in with. You got to always trust that and know that in the toughest times we're going to deliver. And that's what we stand on. That's what we're about. That's what we've been about. That's not changing now. I thought early on in the game, we did a great job of creating a bunch of great looks, a bunch of great looks. And sometimes the ball just don't go in. I thought for the most part, we had shot relatively well in this series. Shots just didn't go in as we created good looks. We ended up 12 for 41 from three.

The Lakers didn't shoot the three well either, which is why it's a pretty low-scoring game, a 104, 101, which they end up, like I said, taking the game away. But, you know, we did some good things. And no moral victories here. But what you do is you take those good things. And you roll those over to the next game and try to correct the things that you didn't do so well. That's always the focus in the series. I took a harsh spill last night.

Back of the head was checked for a concussion. Checked out well. Got to get checked again today. I feel great. So not expecting anything there. But especially as a kid that grew up having seizures. Those are things that I don't take. lightly. And so whereas, you know, in a situation like this, you probably try to dodge the

concussion test because who wants to sit out with a concussion even if I was concussed? No one, especially in the situation that we're in, but like I said, with my history of epilepsy, I haven't had any issues for those listening since I was 13, 14 years old. I've been off medicine for epilepsy for almost five years now, which is absolutely incredible for a kid that have been on medicine for first, maybe since I was three or four years old until I was 28. So when there are things to the head, I don't take them lightly just knowing that history. My grandma has been on my phone all day. My mom has been on my phone all night and through this morning, and obviously they're on the East

Coast time. My mom has been on my phone, and then I have to go to the arena and get checked out again. But like I said, I feel great. I don't expect anything of it. Oh, the tests were incredible. I'll tell you what, one of the tests is like walking straight, like, you know, parallel or one foot behind another, backwards and forward. And I just don't understand, like, that's tough for me. Like, anyway, like, that's a time.

test that they do when people are intoxicated. And I just don't understand how that's the test because I am a professional athlete and I struggle with that test. Like that's more of a balanced test, just testing your balance. And quite frankly, balancing is tough, especially when you've had the amount of ankle injuries and all the things that basketball players have had. It is tough. So when people are doing that, I was doing that test last night and I'm like, man, this is just a tough test. Like trying to, I don't know. But like I said, I passed all of the concussion test, so that was great. And I feel great. And we got nothing to lose. Down 3-1, you come out swinging, go down, swinging if you do go down, but we're not going down. But you leave that court with no

regrets. And like I said, you win one game, series flips, pressure flips, everything flips. So that's our goal, Clay will pay better. I have no doubt in my mind. I'll play better. Steph had an incredible game. Expect more of the same or even more from him. And everybody else will play great. Moses Moody's been giving us great minutes.

Dante gave us some good minutes last night. GP gave great minutes. Loom and loons in there. He's giving great minutes. Wigs was aggressive. Like, listen, I'm living with it. And we just didn't make the plays we needed to make down the stretch to win the game.

will make those plays. I have no doubt in my mind. So I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Taking this thing three to two and heading back to L.A. Be a fun time. Really fun time. You got a lot of these moments.

You cannot only be good when it's good. So I've told you before we call those front runners and front runners, we are not. So you take it on the chain, you get them their credit, and you bounce back. And that's what we will do, and it'll be fun doing it.

All right, the heat took a three-we, one lead, Jimmy Butler, 27, 10, and 6. Jimmy Butler, I think one of the most underrated things in the playoffs that Jimmy Butler does is Jimmy Butler is going to make sure they get at least a decent look every possession. If he has to hold the ball for 22 seconds and get it to someone with two seconds left on a shot clock, he's going to make sure that they get a decent look. And I think that's one of Jimmy's superpowers when it comes.

You know, everybody's always talking about playoff Jimmy and this and that. that is a huge part of it. It's just his pace and his strength. Like you're not stopping Jimmy from getting to a spot that Jimmy wants to get to because he got speed. He has deceptiveness. He has strength. He gets to a spot that he want to get to and he has an incredible elevation on his jump shot.

Great footwork, pivots and all the things. Jimmy is going, and then he's a very good passer. And so Jimmy's going to make sure they get good shots. and they are dominating the Knicks right now. They are really dominated them. It's crazy to think they gave the game away. Without Jimmy, they still should have won that game. If you're in Cleveland Cavaliers,

you have to be watching this and questioning yourself. Like, wait, we thought Miami was this, blah, blah, blah, where they're now doing this to the Knicks, and the Knicks did this to us. You have to be questioning yourself a little bit. Or just like, you know, what's the move, or where does it go? I think that's an interesting one.

But like I said, not surprised at all by Jimmy. Bam has been playing better. Max Drew's Gay. Kay Love is playing better or playing well. They picked him up at the, on the buyout market, he's playing well. Klo has been playing great off the bench. Putting it together, man, you got to tip your hat to the heat. I actually think they'll go to New York and get it done in five.

Julius Randall just hasn't been able to find it. And as I told y'all last game, that's just a, that's a tough defense for Julius to go. Like Julius plays an almost a muddy-ed-up game. Like it's physical, it's in a crowd, and Miami thrives on that. So now you got Julius taking step-back threes. Like, you know, you get a couple of those when you got it going,

but when you just taking those to try to get it going, it's tough. Tough. So we'll see. What happens there, but I got the heat closing it out in five in the garden. It's going to be loud in the guard. But I got them doing it. And, man, I watched a game the other day, Nuggets v. Sons. I mean, what an incredible display of talent.

Joker had 53 and 11 assists. I'm not sure what D-Book's number end up being, but like 36 maybe or something like that, who cares. Felt like he had 50. Made every big bucket. Shot an incredible percentage from the field again. I think he shot 79% from the field

or something like that. KD did what KD does. But D-Book, man. I tip my hat to D-Book. And I always knew D-Book was a stone cold killer. I always have been. Always have had that mindset. It has that seriousness that you need.

And he's carrying them God. Got Landry Shamman hitting shots. Shout out to Landry, man. Landry stepped up big. Because Landry got to make those threes. And you give Landry Shannon corner threes, like, I thought that was awful on the Nuggets part. Landry Shaman hit three threes in a row from the corner

and then caught one of brother break and he missed it long. Like, it's a totally different three-point shot. And we're just giving Landry Shaman wide-open corner threes. I'm not sure that's the right thing to do. But the Nuggets are going to need Jamman. be more assertive, the Nuggets are going to need Jamal Murray. If he's more assertive,

like Joker got to it last game, but not a ton out of pick and row. And when Jamal Murray's more assertive, it opens that up more, which makes them tougher to guard because then it opens other guys up as opposed to Joker just getting 53. Obviously, he had 11 assists.

But again, that's Joker creating everything. And so, I think they'll need a more assertive Jamal Murray in order to take game 5, 2-2, going back home right where you need to be. No harm, no foul. You didn't get one on the road. No harm, no file.

We'll see what happens there. But Book, man, book is playing absolutely sensational basketball. And it's been over a stretch of like 12 games now. like book really doing it so i'm looking forward to checking that game out later and lastly uh we had the uh 70-sixers versus the Celtics in overtime james hardin showed back up 42 nine and eight joel showed up p jucker showed up p j did all of the little things that no one wants to respect showed up they tied the series up two to two heading back the bar

Boston. To me, I think all the pressure flips to Boston. Now, remember, each game one, the pressure flip, but it flips to Boston in the major way. A game you very much so should have and could have won to take a three one lead. Now you're tied up two to two. Going back home, obviously everyone plays better at home. Again, Al Horford has been shooting the lights out of the ball. I got Boston taking this one. I got Boston going back home. taking care of business. But in saying that, to recover from that letdown, because they should have won that game, I felt like.

So to recover from that is tough. Just like for us, like we should have won the game last night. Like recovering from that is tough. But guess what? It's the playoffs. It's what you have to do. It's what you have to do. I have no doubt in my mind that we'll do it.

I have no doubt in my mind, no doubt in my mind that Boston do it. that's a team building and desperately trying to get to a championship. So I know they'll come out locked in. Looking forward to checking these games out. I know you all are as well. Chop it up with y'all tomorrow night after we take game five. Until next time, that's the wrap from the Dremont Green Show. Peace.