Draymond Green thinks Warriors have only been legitimately beat three times
When Draymond Green sits back and reflects on the Golden State Warriors’ season, he only sees three instances where his team was truly beat.
Green was appearing on “The Draymond Green Show” on KNBR Thursday with hosts Ray Ratto and Tom Tolbert and talked about the Warriors’ season. The Warriors are 68-7 in a very good position to beat the ’95-’95 Chicago Bulls’ 72-10 regular season record.
Though they have lost seven times, Green believes the Dubs were legitimately beat just three of those times.
“Detroit — they beat us. The Lakers beat us. There are still question marks about Milwaukee. I didn’t play in Denver; Steph (Curry) didn’t play Dallas. Portland beat us,” said Green.
“I’d say when I look at our seven losses, I look at ’em and say three teams really beat us. I’d say Portland, Detroit, the Lakers. There’s a little asterisk by Dallas, by Denver, by Milwaukee when we were coming off a triple-overtime and getting in at 4 o’clock in the morning. So there’s a little asterisk by those.”
Green did not mention the loss to the San Antonio Spurs on March 19, which also could have an asterisk because of the absence of Andre Iguodala.
Despite Green saying only three teams “really beat” the Warriors, he knows all the losses count equally.
“But at the end of the day, a loss is a loss and every NBA team has to deal with an NBA schedule. But that’s just how I look at it when I sit back and reflect. Not so sure about those, but regardless, it’s a loss on the record.”
The Warriors still have home and road games against the Spurs and Grizzlies, as well as a home game against the Blazers, who already beat them. Head coach Steve Kerr said he would defer to his players when it came to pursuing the record, and the guys say they want it.
If the Warriors can break the Bulls’ record, then those asterisks Green sees won’t even matter.
H/T Diamond Leung
