Draymond Green taunted the Dallas Mavericks — not only after the Golden State Warriors blew them out, but he also did a taunt that most are familiar with.
Green is understandably excited that the Warriors just notched their fifth victory in their last six games since acquiring Jimmy Butler III from the Miami Heat, especially since it was a blowout win at home.
Draymond Green Did Stephen Curry’s Taunt During Warriors’ Blowout
As the game was in its closing minutes, Green performed the “night night” taunt that Stephen Curry has popularized over the last couple of years during Warriors wins. He added some whips to that taunt, symbolizing the Warriors’ blowout victory over the Mavericks.
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Green may have changed it from a nap to a whip to not rip Curry off, who was watching from the sidelines.
The Warriors handled the Mavericks from start to finish, leading by double digits for most of the game. Dallas wasn’t at full strength since Anthony Davis and the rest of their frontcourt are out with injuries. However, the Warriors did their job by blowing out an undermanned team.
It’s fair to suggest that the Warriors have their confidence again after the Butler trade. After starting the season out so well, the Warriors’ season seemed to have fallen through the cracks. That wasn’t a welcome twist since their time with Green and Curry is winding down.
They have looked like a completely different team since adding Butler to the squad, though. Butler gives them another player capable of scoring 20 while also bringing so much more versatility to the team that it desperately needed.
The Warriors are not completely out of the woods yet. They are still the No. 9 seed, which only puts them in the play-in tournament. Also, if the season finished today, they’d have to play two play-in games just to get into the playoffs.
However, there’s enough of the regular season left for them to catch up. If they continue to play at the level they’ve been playing at for the last six games, they could rise up the Western Conference standings. Keep in mind, though, that the Western Conference has quite a few strong teams in its upper tier. If the Warriors want to join that echelon, they’ll have to play consistent elite basketball from now until the end.
If they get a lower seed, that may not be such a bad thing because Butler has experience helping lower-seeded teams make it to the NBA Finals. If the Warriors make the playoffs, they might also become the team that nobody will want to play in the postseason.
