Draymond Green Wants Steph Curry And Klay Thompson To Get Credit For Coming Up Huge In ‘Big Moments’

The Golden State Warriors will move onto the Western Conference Finals once again following Friday night’s 118-113 win over the Rockets in Houston. The victory came despite Kevin Durant missing the game with a calf injury, and despite the Rockets being at full strength in their own building, the Dubs were able to come out on top.

As is oftentimes the case when Golden State wins without Durant, both Steph Curry and Klay Thompson were magnificent. Thompson was his usual flame throwing self, scoring 27 points and knocking down seven of his 13 attempts from three. Curry, meanwhile, overcame a scoreless first half to bury Houston, scoring 33 points, 23 of which came in the fourth quarter, and doing all the stuff late in the game you’ve come to expect when Curry decides it’s time to humiliate an opponent.

Draymond Green was there to watch, and make his own various contributions, when these moments happen, and no one has a better sense of how special it is to watch those two cook than him. It’s why after the game, Green gave a wonderfully candid quote to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic about the perception of the pair, namely when it comes to how they’re able to put their fingerprints on huge games and lead the Dubs to wins.

“I can’t remember a situation where we’ve had must-win games and my guys folded,” Green said. “I can’t remember. I’ve seen guys have bad games. But I’ve never seen us in any situation where there was a big-pressure moment and they fold. But yet they’re light-skinned and they’re soft. F*ck outta here. They ain’t never folded in a big moment. But they don’t get credit for that because their jump shots are pretty. F*ck them jump shots. They show up in big moments. They got heart.”

Green has been the emotional spark plug for the Warriors over their recent run, and when Golden State guts out big wins, he frequently gets credit for bringing the energy that they ride to wins. But if the do-everything forward has his way, some credit will end up going to the Splash Brothers for how they shine when the lights are brightest.