George Herbert once famously observed that “living well is the best revenge.” For Draymond Green, defending well should do the trick. While East Coast voters may have literally slept on Green’s defensive superiority, there’s no missing the impact he’s had on the first two games of the Warriors-Pelicans series. His challenge gets no easier in Game 3.
When Anthony Davis plays and Draymond Green sits, bad things happen for the Warriors. In Game 1, the Warriors lost 12 points off their lead over a short stretch at the end of the third quarter and beginning of the fourth.