It seems all is well between Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and head coach Steve Kerr following a Monday argument during a third quarter timeout in their eventual 120-97 win against the Orlando Magic.
Kerr, during a press conference Wednesday, took accountability for the dust up that led to Green briefly walking away from the bench to gain his composure alone in the locker room before returning shortly before the fourth quarter began, despite never taking off his warmups.
‘Monday night was not my finest hour and that was a time I needed to be calm in the huddle, and so I regret my actions in that exchange. I apologized to Dray. He apologized to me. We both apologized to the team.’
Green, a four-time champion in 13 seasons with the Warriors, said after Monday’s game to reporters that ‘tempers spilled over’.
‘I just thought it was best that I get out of there,’ Green said. ‘I don’t think it was a situation where it was going to get better, so it was best to remove myself.’
The cause of the argument Green said was basketball.
‘It’s what we do,’ he said. ‘We play basketball. It’s an emotional game. People lose their emotions sometimes, it happens. It is what it is. We’ve been at this now for a long time. Sometimes you’re with people for a long time there’s a level of comfort and it happens. We move forward.’
Reporters on Monday asked if it was something that would linger on, but Green dismissed it saying they would ‘move forward’.
‘We’ll move forward, we’re alright,’ Green said regarding his spat with Kerr.
The Warriors are currently have a .500 record after 30 games, sitting at the eighth spot in the Western Conference. They have a Christmas Day game Thursday against the Dallas Mavericks and their rookie sensation Cooper Flagg at Chase Center in San Francisco.
‘I think we’re headed in the right direction,’ Green said to reporters Monday. ‘No one’s happy about being 15-15. But I think we’re starting to figure out different things, rotations and who we are as a team so I think that’s all starting to come together and we’re looking a lot better.’