As the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets exchanged pleasantries late in the fourth quarter Wednesday night, Draymond Green looked on like a proud dad.
The Warriors waved the white flag early in Wednesday’s Game 5, benching their starters midway through the third quarter as they were down big. For Golden State, the likes of Pat Spencer, Kevin Knox and Braxton Key finished out the game as the team’s starters rested up for a second opportunity to close out the Rockets in Game 6.
Golden State’s bench players weren’t going down without a fight, though, as they cut the lead in half and caused a bit of chaos along the way. After a hard foul with four minutes left in the game, Spencer and Warriors teammate Trayce Jackson-Davis went at it with Rockets big man Alperen Şengün after he took exception to the foul. And Green’s reaction from the bench was hilarious.
Draymond Green is taking me out 😭 pic.twitter.com/Wu1TxPN2fX
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) May 1, 2025
Pat (not Cam) Spencer just got some street cred from Draymond Green. Brandin Podziemski seems pretty entertained by the ejection as well. #Warriors | #DubNation pic.twitter.com/vKIEyN455q
— Matt Lively (@mattblively) May 1, 2025
And the pleasure Green got out of his young teammate’s scrappiness cracked NBA fans up:
Dray watching the replay of Pat Spencer and TJD going at Sengun like a proud dad 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Qz25hDFnby
— Emily Kate (@_PickEm) May 1, 2025
Draymond hugging Soencer after he got ejected from the game was classic.
— Midtown Mike (@MidtownMike22) May 1, 2025
“My guy”
— Mike Humphrey (@MikeMeetsWRLD) May 1, 2025
Draymond: pic.twitter.com/YShlYcmmsP
— Fola (@Fai1246) May 1, 2025
Ahahaha like a proud dad or mentor
🤣— Rui Monteiro Mascarenhas (@rui_mascarenhas) May 1, 2025
The Rockets extended the first-round series Wednesday with a 131-116 win over the Warriors. The series will head back to Golden State at 3-2, giving the Warriors a chance to eliminate the Rockets at home on Friday, May 2.
