Draymond Green: Kristaps Porzingis 'immediately pissed me off' with comments about rematch
The Knicks essentially had no chance of beating the Warriors in Oakland once both Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose were ruled out due to injury, but whatever shot they had of making it competitive went completely out the window once Draymond Green received some additional motivation courtesy of Kristaps Porzingis.
A day before Thursday's contest, Porzingis was asked about his poor performance against Green the previous season, where he shot just 4-of-19 from the field combined.
“I want to go out there. Last season, right after the game was over I was thinking when was the next time we were going to get a chance to play against them,” Porzingis said, via the New York Post. “I'm ready for him."
That wasn't much, but it was enough for Green to take the remarks as a perceived slight.
“My Nike rep, Adrian [Stelly], showed me something on the sideline like two minutes right before the game tipped off that kind of pissed me off and made me want to go a little harder this game and guard him,” Green said, via ESPN. “So, it was good. I appreciate him for showing me that because I think I was in La-la Land before he showed me that and it just immediately pissed me off.”
