Draymond Green’s defense created offense Sunday, literally, in a sweet sequence he instigated and helped finish.
The Warriors star deflected a Grizzlies pass that caromed high off the backboard and almost out of bounds before Green saved the ball with a back-handed tip toward Stephen Curry, who ran the court and fed Klay Thompson for a fast-break layup.
Awesome volleyball tap save by Draymond Green, but why aren’t the refs whistling it dead before? pic.twitter.com/RoXZBjpvv5
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 27, 2017
BANG beat writer Anthony Slater points out that the ball hitting the top of the backboard usually means the play is dead.