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Draymond compares OKC fans to ex-girlfriend for treatment of KD

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Draymond Green was all too happy to rub salt in Oklahoma City Thunder wounds after emerging victorious in Kevin Durant's return.

Green spoke to Sportscenter on ESPN after the game, ironically donning a pilfered cupcakes shirt, and proceeded to compare the jeering Thunder fans to a jilted ex.

"I think some way down the line they'll figure out a way to appreciate what he's done. It's like if you break up with your girlfriend. The first time you see her you're probably gonna try to do something to know she miss you. It's the same thing here," Green said.

"The first time they see you, they're going to do something to make him feel like he shouldn't have left here. That's fine, and maybe the second time too. But I think as the years go on, as time goes all, all wounds heal over time."

Durant had 34 points and nine rebounds to capture his third straight win over his former club. Green credits Durant's stellar performance to the hostility from his former fans.

"I know KD is the kind of guy who feeds off that ... I've been on the wrong end of that, I know what fuels him. Talking trash to him isn't the right thing to do. You probably want to take a nicer approach, but talking to him like that, you wake up an entirely different beast and not many people can stop that beast."

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