The Golden State Warriors entered play on Nov. 19 having lost seven games in a row. Collectively, the troops decided that the streak would not reach eight.
By virtue of some impactful performances from Alec Burks, Glenn Robinson III and Marquese Chriss, Golden State was able to put one in the win column for the first time since the club scored a monumental upset over Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers back on Nov. 4.
After the contest, Draymond Green — who arguably had his best performance of the season with eight points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists — spoke with Kerith Burke on NBC Sports Bay Area about the team’s attitude heading into Tuesday night’s contest.
“We came in fighting,” Green said after the Warriors’ 114-95 victory, adding:
We’ve been talking about improving our defense each and every chance we get to step on this floor and, tonight, we really showed that. We got stops to start the game and we were able to get out and push the tempo and we kept the game at our pace.
For the contest, the Warriors managed to hold the Grizzlies to just 40.9% shooting from the field — quite the accomplishment considering that Golden State entered the contest last in the league in defensive efficiency and 28th in points allowed per game.
As for Green himself, he was looking to rebound from his relatively poor effort against the Pelicans on Sunday.
“I knew I needed to respond coming off the game I had,” Green said. “I played pretty bad and we still had a pretty good shot at winning, so I don’t want to let my guys down. Come out, try to lead the ship and help guys get in their position to do what they do.
Although the win makes the Warriors just 3-12 on the season, a few of the team’s games have been close, and considering the injuries, it’s understandable for members of the club to be somewhat upbeat.
Green sure was, stating:
We’re really jelling. We’re working together, we’re playing for each other and if we continue to do that, we’ll get more and more wins.
That theory will be tested on Wednesday night when the Warriors will be in Dallas to do battle with Luka Doncic and the Mavericks.
