Warriors’ 8-Game Win Streak, Jordan Poole's Return Comments & Doc Rivers vs. Giannis

Draymond Green (0:00)

What's up, everybody? Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. On today's show, we'll talk about the Doves winning eight in a row. What it's been like for this team to get on this win streak? We'll also move around the Association on some of the things that's caught my attention around the league the last few days. So let's get right into it.

As I mentioned, the Doves are riding the eight game win streak. I think for us, it's been a, you know, it's been a good streak after starting off 0-3, you know, to put together eight in a row, starting with two big wins at on the road versus Denver and at Minnesota. You know, you start the season 0-3 and you're facing those two teams in the next, on the road in those next two games. It's a bit, you know, it's not a good outlook from there, you know, I think to come back off that trip 2 and 3 after that start, you know, we've kind of just kept enrolling at home. And, you know, I think it was big for us to get out. The win that I'll point the most to throughout this eight game streak is the Lakers. I think it was really big for us to get that win. Obviously, it was an NBA Cup game, which is always a little more exciting. But even aside from it being an NBA Cup game, that's a team that we played the first game of the season, you know, and we did not look very good, you know. And so to come back and play them, what, in game six? The sixth game of the season, you know, after we've kind of gotten our foot in a little bit, like I said, after coming off of, you know, at that point, winning two games in a row and then heading back into that Laker game, you know, that's the win I will point out the most because we got down big in that game. We were down 40 to 15, 25 points at the top of the second quarter. And by halftime, we were tied up 53 to 53 So I would say that right there was kind of the point where we dug in, you know, we started getting stops on the defensive end, you know, to outscore a team, especially a great offensive team like the Lakers, 40 to 13 for the rest of the second quarter says a lot. You know, and we continued that coming out of halftime, you know, and really taking control of that game. I think we ended up winning that game by 22 points or something like 17 points, something like that. And so that's the game that I will point to on the eight games streak and say, this is where it really started to come together. Yes, we got a big win at Denver to get in the win column. Yes, you know, continuing that at Minnesota to get two in the win column was big. But that Laker game was kind of where it all really started to come together, face a big deficit. That's where I would say this team started to create an identity. No, I still don't think, you know, 11 games into the season, you're like, oh man, we have our identity. Like, you're still growing that. But I would say that is the first game where it's like, you know, we really started to build an identity, including, you know, being down and having the ability to come back. You know, I think in three of the next four games, we were down 15 plus points and came back and won those games. You know, and so teams started to build an identity in that game. And I think it's been kind of full steam ahead for us since, you know, you get the confidence growing. It's funny because, you know, we won eight in a row. And the picture is clearest day in my head of Yaxel walking off the court in Denver is like, yes, like celebrating the first win of his career. You know, and so what a difference, you know, three weeks in the NBA can make. Three weeks, a lot of things can change. Now, as we spoke about before, a lot of other things happen. You know, throughout the course of the NBA over the last three weeks, a lot of injuries, right? And so it's not that the injuries has necessarily affected us one way or the other, except what I will say is around the league, when you get a slew of injuries like we've gotten in the NBA over the past few weeks, teams are able to gain confidence because you look up and you're like, man, it's wide open, you know? And when that happens, it's just a different mental switch that flips, you know? And so, yeah, last three weeks has been great to the Dubs and we got to keep it going. Now, you know, we were just on a six-game homestand and took care of all six games. We are now headed out to Houston and, you know, that'll be a big game, you know, followed up by San Antonio. It's playing extremely well. Followed up by New Orleans. Team who we just took care of last night obviously didn't have Zion, didn't have Trey Murphy. They'll be pissed off when we head into New Orleans that we beat them by 50 points. That'll be a tough game. Dallas, team whose Kyrie's back, Cooper Flags playing incredible basketball will be a tough game and obviously Memphis playing well. So this is a, this is a really tough, tough trip. You look at a trip like this and you like, man, if you can come out of this trip three and two, you're feeling really, really good about yourself. You know, now obviously the goal is always to win every game, but you know, when you're looking down the barrel at a tough road trip like this, you're very happy if you walk away from three and two. Now for us, obviously the goal is to keep the street going as long as we can. The Spurs are also on a streak of their own. This Houston game though will be a very tough game in itself. You know, Houston is playing a lot better this year. Fred Van Vliet is the quarterback of that team. He is the floor general of that team. And when he went down last year, that Houston team was never the same. And they were never going to be the same. You take the quarterback off of an NFL team, and they're never the same. And so Fred being back, and also just aside from being the floor general, being their point guard, being the head of the snake, I think he's one of their leaders.