Draymond Green is no stranger to vitriol from opposing fanbases.
But during the 2022 NBA Finals, the hostility doled out by Celtics fans at TD Garden managed to throw even a hardened heel like Green off his game.
“You usually have situations where people talk crazy, but not the entire arena,” Green told ESPN’s Kendra Andrews of the atmosphere at TD Garden. “You’ll have a situation where an entire arena will boo you, but not what the Boston fans were doing. So, it was just a different situation than I had ever seen. It took a while to adjust to it … It was just so unexpected.