The Warriors-Timberwolves game on Sunday afternoon was notable for a number of reasons. For starters, every matchup between Western Conference opponents has potential playoff implications for just about everyone, and Minnesota has an increasingly tenuous grasp given that just a game-and-a-half separates them from the No. 9 seed.
But Sunday’s matinee also marked the return of Derrick Rose, who reunited with his former coach Tom Thibodeau on a deal that will keep him in Minnesota for the remainder of the season.
The Wolves were able to get a hard-fought 109-103 victory over Golden State to ease some of the tension, and on the other side of the court, Draymond Green managed to avoid picking up a technical foul, which could be critical for the Warriors, if history is any indication. But of course, Green isn’t going to let that dictate how he performs on the court.
Will Draymond Green operate differently now that he's on the fringe of a 16th T/suspension: "Nope. Did I like different?" pic.twitter.com/awYhBQoGIy
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 11, 2018
Green’s response is not at all surprising, despite the fact that he’s sitting on technical No. 15 for the season, which puts him one violation away from a mandatory one-game suspension. Green had previously been called for his 15th technical, although the league later rescinded it.
You may recall that Green served a one-game suspension for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for an altercation with LeBron James, which many argue was the turning point of that series in favor of the Cavs. Regardless of how he chooses to approach things from here on out, a Green suspension could obviously have serious consequences for the Warriors.
