After missing the All-Star Game for the first time since 2015, Draymond Green in these playoffs has reminded everyone what kind of two-way force he is -- a former Defensive Player of the Year who already ranks among the greatest playmaking big men ever.
Ask insiders to name what makes Green special, and two qualities come up over and over: intelligence and anticipation -- his ability to read the game ahead of everyone else. That Green is the one Golden State will need tonight to even the NBA Finals (Game 2, ABC, 8 p.m. ET) after a fearless Pascal Siakam scored over and around him (and every other Warrior) in Toronto's Game 1 win.