Like the Golden State Warriors and the Ready the Memphis Grizzlies for their Thursday night contest, all eyes were on Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks.
The two players exchanged words. through the media in the days leading up to the game, the mutual dislike was well publicized.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (24) face off during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Brooks clearly stated that he didn’t like Green and the Warriors in an interview with ESPN and Green responded by breaking Brooks’ quote piece by piece before saying memphis was not ready to compete for a championship.
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The two finally got a chance to go head-to-head on Thursday and had a fun time in the second quarter.
After stealing the ball in the backcourt and scoring to take a 74-57 lead over Golden State, Brooks and Green had a chest butt before being separated by a referee.
After the 131-110 loss to the Grizzlies, Green told reporters that Brooks had tried to draw a technical foul on him.
«He thought he might like to bait me, like they do,» Green said, according to ESPN. «I get technical fouls when I want to get technical fouls. I don’t get technical fouls. So, I think that’s probably the difference between me and him. If I do that to him, it would be a double tech.» , because he would answer. But it is not a double technology, because I did not answer. One of us is baitable, one of us is not.»
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Draymond Green, #23 of the Golden State Warriors, taunts Dillon Brooks, #24 of the Memphis Grizzlies, during the fourth quarter at Chase Center on December 25, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Brooks, who scored 14 points and was the main Steph Curry defenderhe said he hoped Green would talk a bit more during the game.
«He kind of wanted that play, just to see what he was going to say,» Brooks said. «But he took the media approach with it and didn’t say anything, which is great. I was hoping he would talk a little more, but I guess he needs to get all the facts together and talk.»
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Draymond Green, #23 of the Golden State Warriors, and Dillon Brooks, #24 of the Memphis Grizzlies, exchange words during the second quarter at Chase Center on December 25, 2022, in San Francisco, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The dislike between the two teams has been brewing for the past several years with the two meeting in the last two playoffs.
on the way to his fourth NBA championship in eight years, the Warriors defeated Memphis in six games in the 2022 NBA Playoffs.
«One team has to win and then another team has to win,» Green said. «That’s what creates a rivalry. Not because a team stands up to you and talks as if they could beat you and then they can’t. That doesn’t create a rivalry. Rivalries are created by you winning, I win. Clearly, we’ve won.» four times, and I think their organization has zero championships, so I can’t call that a rivalry.»