As the final buzzer sounded on the Warriors’ 121-109 win Sunday afternoon, yellow confetti fell from the Oracle Arena rafters.
Portland guards Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum disappeared through the tunnel while, about 50 feet away, Draymond Green granted a postgame TV interview. In a game that featured 22 lead changes and 15 ties, Green again reinforced why he is perhaps Golden State’s most indispensable player.
The Defensive Player of the Year front-runner scored 10 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter to propel the Warriors to a convincing Game 1 victory in the first round of the playoffs.