Skip to content

Draymond: No doubt in my mind we'll win Game 5

Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Sport / Getty

It's not quite the ironclad guarantee that he offered up before finishing off the Portland Trail Blazers in the last series, but Draymond Green remains confident.

Green wrote in his journal for The Undefeated that he remains confident that the Golden State Warriors will take Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals to keep their season alive.

"This team, this group of guys, we haven’t been in an elimination situation (since 2014)," Green wrote. "So it’s different. But I also know this team knows how to lock in. I know this team knows how to play tough. I know this team knows how to play like our lives depended on it.

"And I have no doubt in my mind that we will win (Game 5). No doubt about that. I absolutely expect to be back here and I look forward to it."

The Warriors were treated to 28- and 24-point losses in their previous visits to Oklahoma City. Prior to the trip, the Warriors hadn't lost consecutive games all season.

Green puts that blame on himself. He didn't supply the manic energy that powers the Warriors' high-tempo game.

"I have to be better. I know this team energy goes as I go. They didn't have nothing to look for. I haven't given my guys anything. No leadership, no energy, nothing, which is what I bring to this team. It's no shocker to me that we're down 3-1 because I haven't been there for two games. I wish I had the answer (as to why). I don't have the answer. But I know I will change it. It's not too late. That's why it's a seven-game series," Green wrote.

Daily Newsletter

Get the latest trending sports news daily in your inbox