The Undefeated presents: A Playoff Diary with Draymond Green, Part 5

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Draymond Green has evolved into one of the most interesting personalities in the NBA, and perhaps all of sports — the vocal leader and emotional engine for one of the most compelling NBA teams in recent memory.

Green has agreed to give Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated an exclusive look into his life on and off the court via a playoff diary that Green hopes ends after a second straight NBA championship.

Diary Entry No. 5: April 27, 2016

After Houston Rockets veteran guard Jason Terry guaranteed a win after Game 4, quoted in The Houston Chronicle boasting, “It’s going to be a nice flight home once we get this win (Wednesday). I’m guaranteeing it.” He even went so far to promise a Rockets trophy tattoo if they somehow advanced to an unlikely championship. Instead, the Warriors hammered the Rockets in a 114-81 victory in Game 5 to clinch the first round series 4-1. Green nearly had a triple-double with 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in 31 minutes. Warriors guard Stephen Curry missed his third game of the series with a sprained left MCL.

“I definitely heard about [Jason Terry’s] comments, but I got mad respect for Jet. He’s a guy that’s done it in the league for a long time. He was a big part of the championship team that beat LeBron and the Heat the year after ‘The Decision.’ If a dog don’t wag his own tail, who is going to wag it? I’m not sure about coming out here guaranteeing a win, but he has to do something to get his guys going. I respect that. Jet is one of the vets in the league and one of the guys I watched growing up. I got mad respect for him. But the big homey can’t come out here and put out an 0-for-7 donut if he’s going to guarantee a win.

“My teammates and I laughed about it. I actually screenshot Jet’s guarantee quote and put it in the group chat. I said, ‘You see this mess?’ It wasn’t like we needed the bulletin board material. We were coming out here to close it out, anyway. Everybody was like, ‘Really? All right. Let’s get it. Let’s go.’ It was exciting, but the way we really closed this series out says a lot about this team.”

Draymond Green hit two 3-pointers in a 15-point, 9-rebound, 8-assist effort in Game 5. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

The Warriors will play the winner of the Portland Trail Blazers-Los Angeles …

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