After on-court barbs, Jalen Green takes another verbal jab at Draymond Green

SAN FRANCISCO Rockets forward Dillon Brooks took a verbal jab at Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green the day before the two teams met for Challenge of their opening-round Western Conference playoff series at Chase Center Saturday it was Jalen Green s turn Continuing what s been an at-times testy series between the Warriors and Rockets Draymond Green and Jalen Green just moments after Golden State earned a - win to take a - series lead thanks to Steph Curry s points exchanged words near midcourt The two were separated without development Sought after the battle what was discussed Jalen Green the Merced native who was playing in his first NBA road playoff competition declared Just talking You know Steph had a good contest That s the reason they won It was just talking Draymond can t really do much of anything else Talking is his only way Draymond Green was -for- from the floor in Meeting but also added eight rebounds and four assists in the potentially pivotal win In the first two games Green was a combined -for- with rebounds and six steals Demanded postgame if he commented on Jalen Green s painted fingernails and if the younger Green took umbrage with that Draymond Green announced I m not sure what he took to But it was a good win for us The Warriors focused on slowing down Jalen Green and the fourth-year competitor went -for- on Saturday with six rebounds and five assists He had a combined points in the first two games Rockets guard Fred VanVleet got between the two Greens right after the encounter Questioned what prompted the exchange between his teammate and the older Green a four-time World Champion and finalist for the - NBA s Defensive Participant of the Year the veteran VanVleet stayed out of the mix Oh I don t know I didn t see nothing don t know nothing Vanvleet commented On to the next During Championship Rockets guard and East Bay native Amen Thompson unintentionally took out the legs of Jimmy Butler causing the Warriors forward to leave the challenge after a hard fall Butler still on the mend did not play in Saturday s Contest Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn t feel Thompson s play was dirty When inquired about the occurrence Brooks focused on Draymond Green No I think the dirty member is Draymond Green giving him a little push as regular basketball players do Brooks stated And Jimmy s fighting in the air for a rebound and stuff happens Amen s not a dirty competitor He has nothing to do with being a dirty competitor Your response Draymond I don t have one he announced Saturday night The Rockets want to do a lot of things differently on Monday when they try to even the series before going back home for Encounter That includes having better communication on defense and making other players besides Curry beat them The Rockets also feel the Warriors want to get in the heads of their less experienced players VanVleet who helped the Toronto Raptors beat the Warriors in the NBA Finals wants his teammates to remain level-headed and stay focused on winning Related Articles Without Jimmy Butler Buddy Hield Gary Payton II step up for Warriors in win over Rockets Kurtenbach The Warriors might not have the firepower of the past but never bet against championship DNA Steph Curry carries Butler-less Warriors past Rockets in crucial Event win Around San Francisco Rockets coach has pleasant talks with Warriors fans You re not as brave in person Jimmy Butler injury update Warriors star out for Encounter It s been a topic of conversation noted regarding the Warriors perceived head games Obviously we know what that brings to the battle But I would say we ve got certain loose cannons on our association too We deal with it all year We go at each other in practice It s a part of the match Several guys like to trash-talk Selected guys don t really do it but as long as we focus on basketball we execute at a high level and it doesn t take away from what we re trying to do and compete I think the ultimate trash talk is to get the win That s the the greater part vital thing to get the win and to win this series We re not going to back down from anybody I think that s understood by now And the rest is can we execute at a high enough level to get wins