Is the clash between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green a big deal?

The Golden State Warriors extended their Monday night game against the Los Angeles Clippers in the worst possible way: with Kevin Durant and Draymond Green battling so intensely, they had to be separated by their teammates. DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Andre Iguodala had to calm down for Green and Durant.

The Warriors eventually lost in overtime, 121-116. Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) reports that the Durant-Green drama took place in the locker room with "his team-mates battling strong Green" for his decision on the final fourth quarter match – a match in which he grabbed a rebound from the ground before losing the ball when the buzzer sounds.

This is a situation that the Warriors are facing, a situation that has thrown the clouds on a championship organization.

What happened?

The Warriors were 13 minutes into the fourth quarter. That was until Golden State used one of its dams to narrow the gap in a matter of minutes.

Durant was at the center of the Golden State race. He scored just five points in the final six minutes of the period, but also collected three assists, including two cents to Klay Thompson who reduced the deficit to five points and tied the match at 106.

With the game in play and the chance to win, the Clippers gave the ball to Lou Williams, and Andre Iguodala made a stop, forcing Sweet Lou to embark on a long two-way race.

And then things intensified

Off Williams, the ball fell between Durant and Green. It could be said that it was slightly closer to Durant, but Green was also on hand to recover the rebound.

Some say Green has "stolen" Durant's rebound. Even though Durant would likely have been able to grab the rebound and dribble in the back, that's not really what matters.

What matters is what happens next

Green decided to push the ball on the pitch rather than give the ball to the league's most feared scorer, who was clapping for the rock. Klay Thompson also nods to the ball, but when it becomes clear that Green is not leaving him, Thompson chooses to fill his lane and sprint on the right side of the ground.

This is typical of green. He is a point forward, in every sense of the phrase. He often pushes the ball and the rhythm of the Warriors. Many also pointed out Steve Kerr's decision not to call a waiting period, but it's also typical of him. He prefers the offensive score against a shaken defense to an already prepared defense. It makes sense.

Green keep the ball on this game does not do it. He is not a scorer and it is unclear what his game plan was with less than five seconds, especially with all the distance from the ground to cover.

He dribbled into the traffic, as he tried to go from one ocean to the other, and Williams made him lose the ball. Green dived for the lost ball, but it was too late. The bell had sounded. Golden State and Los Angeles were led in overtime, and the Warriors did not even manage a shot.

And Durant was upset about it.

There is no audio on any sequence of Durant and Green's argument, but you can see it snapping your chest and shouting, "Give me that damn bullet!" He says it for good reason: the Warriors brought Durant to Golden State for that very reason. . When the game is in play, Durant is at his best. That's why he won the title of player of the NBA finals two seasons in a row. The man is iced in the clutch.

Why not give him the ball? That makes all the sense of the world.

The fact is that you can not really understand a single word of what Green says to Durant, and at some point in their argument, you can see Durant shake his head and smile while Green speaks. When someone smiles during an argument, this is never a good sign. You can also see Durant say to Iguodala: "I'm just trying to play basketball," as he was fully aware of the situation.

As for Green, it took no one but Cousins ​​DeMarcus to calm him down. You can see cousins ​​say to Green several times: "Lock yourself".

This has already happened

Green and Durant kicked off a heated court discussion during Durant's first season with the Warriors in a defeat against the Grizzlies on Jan. 6. The Warriors lost a 20-point lead that night and Green was livid.

This argument stems from the fact that Durant chose to isolate the offensive instead of moving the ball and creating an offense for the entire team.

NBC Sports Bay Area Monte Poole wrote that Green was using this moment to teach Durant, who was still learning what the Warriors wanted to do in different situations. He had been charged with a heavy load of iso-ball during his years in Oklahoma City. Life in Golden State was different.

The previous possession had ended with Durant, isolated against the great Memphis man, Zach Randolph, taking and missing a 3 pointers from the top of the key.

That's not what the situation required, according to Green and others. The pick-and-roll had done most of the night, between Stephen Curry and Durant.

When Durant went away, Green not only explained that he should not have it but also why he should not have it.

But now we are in third grade and Durant knows his role, like everyone else. During, Durant's role is normally to close the matches when the team needs a basket. Green took matters into his own hands, which then cost his team an opportunity to win the game in the fourth quarter.

Durant and Green also had a lively discussion on the sidelines of the Warriors' defeat against the Kings in February 2017, although The sporty one Anthony Slater, they watched the Super Bowl together the next day.

OK, so what does all this mean?

First of all, Stephen Curry misses the Warriors a lot. He missed only two games because of a groin injury, but this team is night and day without him.

Curry is not just the head of Golden State in attack; he is also their emotional leader. If he had been on the ground, the ball would certainly have been in his hands; and you can argue that the Warriors would not have been in this predicament in the first place.

But it was really bad for a very good team, even if the disagreements in the heat of the action can be like that. Good teams are free from drama and the Warriors are the NBA's standard of excellence. Shaun Livingston called the exchange "team spirit" after the game.

"Team spirit, guys wanted something different than what happened," he said. "Clearly, Dray had the turnover, the guys might have to be thought they were open or wanted basketball, did not understand, things happen like that in the sport, but it was good to see fire, emotion.

The sporty one Anthony Slater also reported that the drama in the locker room came less from the break-up of Green's final possession than from his refusal to accept responsibility for the play.

But it seemed uglier than your average internal tension.

It seems more and more likely that Durant will leave Golden State this summer. Allusions have been made, from his reluctance to engage in the long run, to his brother's comments in his posts on Instagram. The last possession of Green and the resulting fallout only plunge Durant into a free will in a lighter fluid.

After all, Durant left the locker room after Monday's loss, quietly without speaking to any journalist. The biggest fear of Golden State might be that it leaves them at liberty in the same way.