Throughout his career, Draymond Green built his reputation as an elite defender and a versatile offensive contributor who can sometimes help out on the scoreboard. He did very little of that during the regular season, posting the fewest win shares since his rookie year, per Basketball Reference.
The scoring was especially disappointing with an average of just 7.4 points per game and 28.5 percent shooting from three-point range. This weakened a dominant lineup by putting more pressure on Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to carry the load.
Fortunately for Golden State, we saw the Draymond of old in Game 1.
The forward filled up the stat sheet with 14 points, nine assists and nine rebounds, although his impact went beyond the numbers: