{"id":366026,"date":"2025-12-23T05:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/366026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:27:07","slug":"draymond-green-shades-wizards-while-recalling-fan-trash-talk-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/366026\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green shades Wizards while recalling fan trash talk \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Draymond Green will never back down from a little trash talk.<\/p>\n<p>In his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VWHBtlzuG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">latest episode of \u201cThe Draymond Green Show,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Green responded to some fan mailbag questions. One asked:\u00a0\u201cWhat\u2019s the best back and forth you\u2019ve had with a fan courtside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to one game at the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one of the best had to be in DC a few years back. I was sleepwalking, and\u00a0them\u00a0guys got me going,\u201d Green said. \u201cI finished the game with 24 or something like that. We went on to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green said it was after the Warriors beat the Celtics in the Finals, so that would point to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/202301160WAS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Golden State\u2019s\u00a0127-118 win over Washington on Jan. 16, 2023<\/a>. Green finished with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>Although his point estimate was a bit off,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/draymond-shuts-up-wizards-fan-locks-in-for-warriors-win\/1456567\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Green did turn it on in the fourth quarter<\/a>, scoring 11 of the Warriors\u2019 34 points in the final frame.<\/p>\n<p>He made sure the Wizards\u2019 fans who were talking to him knew he was grateful for the motivation\u00a0in an arena that\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0giving him much in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, \u2018Draymond, you\u2019re a bum, you\u2019re this, you\u2019re that.\u2019 Like,\u00a0oh\u00a0really? Thank you for getting me going in this dead ass gym \u2013 that is the Washington Wizards\u2019 home arena,\u201d Green\u00a0explained.\u00a0\u201cThank you,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0about to bust y&#8217;all&#8217;s ass now, and I politely did, and they shut the hell up and they did not want to talk anymore.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was\u00a0absolutely incredible.\u00a0I mean every play \u2013 offensively and defensively.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even Warriors owner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/why-lacob-offered-trash-talking-fans-in-dc-seats-to-dubs-celtics\/1456456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joe Lacob chimed in on the trash talk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was right after we beat Boston in the Finals. And then Joe Lacob was like, \u2018Alright, guys, we\u2019re going to Boston next, I&#8217;m [going to] put you on a plane to Boston, let\u2019s go,\u2019\u201d Green recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Wizards had an eight-point lead with 9:30\u00a0remaining\u00a0in the game, but the fans\u2019 trash talk might have doomed their team by waking up Green and company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dubs-talk-a-golden-state-warriors-podcast.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Draymond Green will never back down from a little trash talk. 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