If not for Steph Curry's monster 43-point performance against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals, the trash talking directed at Draymond Green only would have intensified.
On a recent episode of Uninterrupted's "Throwing Bones," Green discussed the hostile treatment he experienced from Celtics fans at TD Garden and how Curry silencing the crowd ultimately saved him -- metaphorically -- from being "murdered" by the opposing fanbase throughout the remainder of the series.
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"At Game 3, I was f--king rattled," Green admitted. "I heard everything you could possibly hear in that arena. 'N---a,' 'f--k you, n--a,' I heard it all. I've been booed in damn near every arena in the NBA. That was a different thing.
"So going into Game 4, down 2-1, I'm just like, I need to come in here and stabilize myself. Shoutout to the GOAT Steph Curry, because in Game 4 I still wasn't myself, but I rallied enough to be better. And then he carried me. And I feel like his performance ... was all so I didn't get murdered. We were losing that game, we were losing Game 4, and he did not let us lose. And if we would have lost, I would have gotten murdered."
Green previously claimed that Celtics fans used racial slurs toward him, and his treatment by the opposing fanbase was unlike anything he experienced before.
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After struggling to begin the series, Green was benched toward the end of Game 4 before eventually finding his footing and finishing the series on a high note, helping secure Golden State's fourth championship in eight seasons.