The Warriors' dominance is summed up in this one insane Draymond Green stat
The Warriors have been utterly dominant this season, and there are dozens of explanations as to why that's the case.
One of the main reasons the Warriors are challenging the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls' record of 72 wins is the team's closing lineup.
Nicknamed the "death" lineup, it features Draymond Green at center, Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala at forward, and the Splash Brothers of Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry at guard. Coach Steve Kerr likes to bust it out late in games to create stops and score points with ease. It's the NBA's best lineup in terms of net rating by a massive margin.
That five-man unit switches everything on the defensive end and pushes the pace on the offensive end. When the Warriors were down 2-1 in the NBA Finals last season, Kerr opted to start the death lineup and the Warriors won the next three games of the series to take the title.
The death lineup is a force, but it's hard to believe exactly how dominant it has been this season.
Danny Leroux, who covers the Warriors, dug up this stat that sums it all up: When Green is in a game that's within five points with five minutes or less to play, he's undefeated this season at 23-0.
That might not sound that impressive — after all, the Warriors have only lost six games this year, so everyone on the team must have a near-sterling record, right?
To a certain degree, that's true. Stephen Curry, for instance, is 20-1 this season.
But Green has played 101 minutes in such situations this year — the only Warrior to do so. The next-best record among those players who have logged more than 100 minutes? Marc Gasol at 19-8.
You can check out the full rankings here.
So remember, the next time where the Warriors are playing a close game late: If Draymond Green is on the floor, it's in the bag for the Dubs.
