Warriors' Thompson: Bucks could have won 'with a little more class'
The Golden State Warriors aren't used to losing in the 2015-16 season. As of Thursday, they'd only come up short once so far, on the end of a seven-game road trip in a contest against the Milwaukee Bucks. But let this be a warning to the rest of the teams who might try to beat Golden State: If you celebrate your victory, the Warriors are going to take issue with it.
That's at least the case for Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, who told reporters on Wednesday and Thursday that they weren't happy with the way the Bucks acted after their win. Thompson admitted he understands why the Bucks were pumped, but that doesn't seem to be an excuse for the shooting guard:
Green, meanwhile, took issue with a celebration by Bucks point guard Michael Carter-Williams in particular:
Carter-Williams, as Green indicated, was benched at the end of last month. The Bucks and Warriors face off again on Friday.
"Michael Carter-Williams getting a dunk at the end of the game and looking at our bench like, 'Dude you lost your spot,'" Green said of Carter-Williams losing his job as a starter. "So, it's not quite common that you should be looking toward someone's bench yelling. You've got some ground to make up."
In a generous interpretation, the Warriors are doing what great teams do. It can be difficult to draw the constant motivation necessary to get up for every game, especially when you're clearly so much better than most of your opponents. In that way, perhaps these Warriors are something like Michael Jordan's Bulls.
To that end, Golden State's best player, Stephen Curry, also had thoughts on Milwaukee's win:
It's interesting, however, that the players on the second-best team in the league, the San Antonio Spurs, so often go out of their way not to generate this kind of discussion. The Spurs, in contrast to the Warriors, keep flying under the radar. Jan. 25 -- the first game between Golden State and San Antonio -- can't get here quickly enough.
"Oh, it was a nice celebration. We do remember that stuff."
