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Draymond Green issues apology after Warriors' Game 4 loss to Timberwolves

Golden State's emotional leader admitted to feeling 'a bit frustrated' after Golden State's Game 3 defeat to Minnesota.

By Joe Lago

Draymond Green and the Warriors are now one loss away from being eliminated from the playoffs.
Draymond Green and the Warriors are now one loss away from being eliminated from the playoffs. / Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
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Frustrations over what might've been seem to have crept into the psyche of the Golden State Warriors, who have lost three straight games without injured franchise superstar Stephen Curry to fall into a 3-1 series hole against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals.

Monday's 117-110 defeat — which was made especially painful by Anthony Edwards doing his best Curry impression on the Chase Center floor — leaves the Warriors one loss way from having their once-promising season come to a halt.

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Not surprisingly, Draymond Green has publicly displayed his exasperation more than any other Warriors player.

Golden State's spiritual leader guaranteed an NBA championship shortly after the acquisition of Jimmy Butler turned around the Warriors' season in February, but after Saturday's 102-97 defeat dropped the Warriors into a 2-1 deficit, Green did not take questions at the postgame press conference podium.

He apologized for his media no-show before taking postgame questions on Monday.

"Before I start, I want to apologize to y'all," Green told reporters. "I didn't talk the other day. I was quite a bit frustrated and very careful of — I didn't want to get myself fined, but more so say something and make it sound like an excuse.

"We struggle and lose, and I didn't come up here and talk. And I felt like a coward when I got home. So I wanted to apologize to y'all for that."

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