Warriors, Bucks Nearly Get Into Fight Following Golden State Win

And the Bucks didn’t like the way Green dissed Carter-Williams in a radio interview this week, saying he had no cause to stare down the Warriors bench because the Bucks player had lost his starting spot. They would want to exact revenge on the Bucks. And, it is not just because their win streak was cut short of the Eastern Conference team’s victory, but because of how the celebration was done in a bad fashion.

“Just respect my teammate as well as we respect you guys, and some things you shouldn’t say in the media”.

Green pushed away Mayo’s arm before getting into a bit of a shoving match with the Bucks’ Khris Middleton.

“But if it affected some of our guys, I’m OK with it. It just means one more reason to be motivated when we go out there and play”. I think the confidence level is there, and when he gets energized or chirpy, we, as a team and a staff, we have his back.

The latest brush fire between the teams came after the Bucks had already ended one Warriors winning streak and threatened to stop their home winning streak at Oracle Arena, now at 30 games.

But Warriors forward Draymond Green scored eight consecutive points to ignite a surge that saw Golden State pull level at 100-100 with 6:08 to play.

Draymond Green needed only three quarters to rack up 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season and umpteenth time he’s shown the potential to be an All-Star selection this season. It was a big game for them. Security and a few other players got in the middle of it before things calmed down and both teams retreated to their locker rooms. “We didn’t defend like we’re capable of doing”.

Golden State improved to 23-0 with a 131-123 victory over IN on Tuesday, with guard Klay Thompson scoring 29 of his season-high 39 during the Warriors’ 79-point first half. Derrick Favors had 16 of his 22 points in the third quarter, added seven rebounds and matched a career high with five assists for Utah.

Small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo backed Carter-Williams with 20 points for Milwaukee, which had lost to the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers to begin a four-game Western swing.

It was the Warriors who were expected to come out of the gates fired up after suffering their first loss of the season six days earlier at Milwaukee. On pace to sniff that again with 15 makes in the first three quarters, the Warriors didn’t make a trey in the fourth quarter after at one point in the third building a lead as great as 41 points. And the Suns could only muster 37 points combined, which was nine less than the Warriors had in the third quarter alone.

It was just the eighth quadruple overtime contest since the NBA-ABA merger in the 1970s, and Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy called the experience “excruciating”. The Bucks kept drawing fouls and finding open shooters as the Warriors struggled on defense. The home game was the Warriors’ first since November 27, an 18-day span that was the club’s longest since moving west in 1962…. “So, it’s not quite common that you should be looking toward someone’s bench yelling”.