OAKLAND — Joe Lacob and Draymond Green are clear about this, even clearer than they usually are, and these are two guys who find it practically impossible to hide their truest, rawest emotions, anyway.
Lacob, the owner of the Warriors, and Draymond Green, the team’s starting power forward and centrifugal emotional force, might be the two most similarly-wired members of this franchise, and together they’re the team’s thrumming competitive engine.
They know this. They understand it about each other and themselves. And it’s a large part of who the Warriors have been, are, and will continue to be, as they get set for Game 1 of the NBA Finals — and the advent of their third consecutive ultimate meeting with Cleveland — on Thursday.