Saturday’s double-technical crunch-time collapse didn’t just come from Golden State’s veteran leader Draymond Green – it came from the only player on the Warriors’ roster that has logged minutes in multiple seasons at the center spot.
Centers Kevon Looney and James Wiseman have one combined appearance in the month of February, with the former nursing a left ankle sprain and the latter missing time with a wrist injury.
Read MoreWith three recent injuries to Warriors that have played at center, Golden State had just nine active players with none listed as taller than 6’7”.
And it was one of Steve Kerr’s taller players – reaching his loftiest heights in a rollercoaster season – that stole the show in the team’s highest-scoring game of the campaign.
Behind a career-high 40 points from Kelly Oubre Jr. on 14-of-21 shooting and 7-of-10 from long range, the Golden State Warriors (12-10) defeated the Dallas Mavericks (9-14) 147-116 in the first of two matchups in Dallas.
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