Draymond Green Blasts Anthony Edwards for His Comments After Game 1 Loss

Andy Nesbitt | May 23, 2024

Draymond Green was not impressed with what Anthony Edwards said after the Minnesota Timberwolves' Game 1 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. /

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks at home, 108-105, Wednesday night after allowing Luka Doncic and Co. to put on a late run to steal the opening game in front of a fired-up crowd at Target Center.

Anthony Edwards, who has been the star of the playoffs so far, had just 19 points in the loss. He spoke after the game about how the team came out flat and then got flat again late in the fourth quarter. He also said they might have been a bit tired.

Here's Edwards talking about that after the loss:

"We came out flat today. We found our energy and went back to being flat."

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Draymond Green, who continues to be on TNT's Inside the NBA, wasn't a fan of those comments:

"The same way those guys have followed you to this point, they'll follow that as well."

Draymond discusses Ant Edward's comments and overall performance after Game 1 pic.twitter.com/2q1HuHSNn7

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“I’ve said a lot about Anthony Edwards interviews all playoffs long and that was one of my least favorites," Green said. "Saying they were tired, they didn’t know what to expect… The same way those guys have followed you to this point, they'll follow that as well.”

Green added later in that clip while breaking down some highlights:

"Here’s Ant right here gassed,. You gotta go through that. This is the first one. He’s 22 years old. He’s a star. We all believe he’s the next face (of the league) and that’s who they follow.” 

The Timberwolves better not play flat in Friday night's Game 2 or they could head to Dallas down 2-0 in the series.