Stephen Curry scored 37 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 123-116 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Dave DuFour and Jovan Buha breakdown the Warriors defense against the Lakers, Luka’s worst game in LA, and Austin Reaves’ playoff role. Then, the Athletic’s Marcus Thompson stops by to discuss his film breakdown with Draymond Green, Kevin Garnett, and the Defensive Player of the Year award.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Jovan Buha & Marcus ThompsonExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson MoodyRead Marcus Thompson on Draymond: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6248565/2025/04/03/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-nba-defense/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What were the key takeaways from the Lakers vs. Warriors game?
outplay that the warriors and then again ad was a part of that but but tonight it just felt like golden state was controlling everything and obviously the driving force defensively was draymond and just his ability to also offensively he attacked the lakers a bit in that third he got hot he had a couple threes he had got to the rim hit a three with steph standing wide open right next yeah
But defensively, he was guarding LeBron a lot and switching and doing Draymond things. And I think he really did a good job of protecting the defensive glass, protecting the rim. And it was a big part of why LA was forced to take so many uncharacteristic mid-range jumpers. Because this is not a mid-range heavy team. JJ Redick has basically outlawed it as an analytics-friendly coach.
He does not want them taking mid-range jumpers. Tonight, they took a bunch of them. And that was largely because of Draymond and his defense.
Yeah, it was perfect timing there with the crowd in the background laughing about the mid-range jumpers. I really appreciated that touch. Thank you, Jovan, for hanging out and doing the show. Guys, stick around after the break. I promise this show is not sponsored by Draymond Green's podcast or anything like that. But me and Marcus Thompson get a little bit nerdy.
We start talking about Kevin Garnett when we're talking about Draymond Green. So stick around for that.
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Draymond Green is making a case for Defense Player of the Year, whether that's on the court, off the court, in the studio, on a podcast, after the game. I mean, it feels like I'm hearing a lot about Draymond Green as Defense Player of the Year, including... A nice little breakdown on the way that Draymond thinks by our guy Marcus Thompson over at The Athletic.
Marcus, before we talk about Draymond, I just got to say, this was one of my favorite pieces that I've read all year. If you're listening to this, I'm going to link it in the show notes. I don't just think that this is like... a must-read. It is literally, you have to read it if you are a basketball fan.
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