It’s rare that Draymond Green gets melancholy in the wake of defeat. But there he was Friday night, after the Warriors’ Game 6 loss to the Houston Rockets, issuing 14 atypically brief responses until the 15th question put a lump in his throat.

In Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals versus the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, he went down with a hamstring strain in the first half and was ruled out for the rest of the contest. Although the Warriors managed to take a 44-31 halftime lead,

The Rockets had a golden opportunity to make an improbable comeback, but the Warriors' experience and veteran leadership of Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green were more than enough to come out on top.