When times get tough for Draymond Green, he hears from Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo was busy studying the game footage on his flatscreen, rewinding and restarting one moment over and over again.

The Michigan State coach watched the final play of regulation unfold, a star teammate clapping for the ball only not to get it. He examined the body language of two bickering teammates, trying to look at all the angles as if he were a detective trying to uncover any clue to explain what had transpired.

On this November day, Izzo was overcome with concern not over his then-11th ranked Spartans' upcoming opponent, Louisiana-Monroe, but over what had happened between Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors, more than 2,300 miles away from East Lansing,…