Aside from the grueling schedule that saw the Warriors play the second night of a back-to-back after finishing a six-game, two–week road trip with one of West’s top teams, Green had just finished battling with MVP candidate Nikola Jokic.

Russell Westbrook’s erratic tendencies got the better of him, but then again, nobody was giving the Nuggets a ton of production outside of Nikola Jokic.

Back in February, the Golden State Warriors were the 11th seed in the West, facing the reality of NBA purgatory. Not good enough to seriously contend for a championship and not bad enough to justify a full-blown teardown.