After missing Game 3 due to a one-game suspension, Draymond Green was set to come back in Game 4 — but not in the position many people expected him to return to.
Steve Kerr made the decision to start the lineup behind the Golden State Warriors’ dominant Game 3 victory over the Sacramento Kings: Steph Curry, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, and Kevon Looney. This lineup outscored the Kings by 15 points in its 19 minutes — and Green, seeing that this formula worked to near perfection — approached Kerr about the possibility of starting it again.