Draymond Green Said Warriors Laughed at Jason Terry’s Game 5 Guarantee

Before the Houston Rockets’ Game 5 matchup on Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors, guard Jason Terry guaranteed a victory while speaking with reporters with his team facing elimination.

Not only did the Warriors ruin that guarantee, crushing the Rockets 114-81 at Oracle Arena, but Warriors forward Draymond Green added a bit of insult to injury after the contest, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated:   

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.

Terry, …

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