Last year, the Golden State Warriors could only helplessly watch as they Cleveland Cavaliers stormed back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the championship in Game 7 at Oracle Arena. The Cavs celebrated their epic championship throughout the arena, first on the court during their trophy presentation and than later in the visitors locker room, where the Cavs popped celebratory champagne bottles in sheer jubilation.
After witnessing such a celebration, naturally, the Warriors want to return the favor in Game 4 in Cleveland. Well, at least that’s how Draymond Green feels.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Green said that it would be very satisfying if the Warriors could close out the series and celebrate their second championship in three years in Cleveland on Friday.
From ASAP Sports’ transcription of Green’s media session:
Q. Given that this is the third year between you two teams, given how it ended last year, how satisfying would it be to end this thing here on their court, in front of their fans, in their locker room?
DRAYMOND GREEN: It will be very satisfying to do that. We have obviously won here before. That is a great feeling, winning on somebody else’s floor, celebrating on their floor, celebrating in their locker room, quieting their crowd.
As an athlete, one of the best feelings is going into enemy territory and just silencing their crowd. So it would be a great feeling. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter where you win it at, as long as you can win it. Obviously the opportunity is to win it here, so you want to take advantage of that and try to close it out as soon as you can.
As Green mentions, the Warriors have the golden opportunity to sweep the Cavs and win the championship. The Cavs likely won’t just roll over, though, which means the Warriors will have to continue playing at an elite level in order to get a chance to celebrate with the Larry O’Brien trophy. And in doing so, the Warriors will get a chance to give the Cavs a taste of their own medicine by celebrating their championship on Cleveland’s home court.
