OAKLAND–LeBron James went down hard, sold it hard, and instantly produced the latest hard evidence about the true scintillating nature of this hard and historic rivalry.
Draymond Green gave the hit to James at mid-court, gave the mocking interpretation of James’ theatrics, and later summed up everything good, bad and beautifully bitter about the epic Warriors-Cavaliers multi-season clash.
“Yeah, I think it’s a rivalry,” Green said after the Warriors’ 126-91 blowout victory at Oracle Arena on Monday, before a nice pregnant pause.
“Just me, though.”
Green, of course, was referring to James’ statement over the weekend that he didn’t consider the Cavaliers-Warriors series a rivalry (which he repeated after the game Monday), but I don’t think even LeBron really believed what he was saying.