Kevin Durant and Draymond Green Argue, DeMarcus Cousins Plays Peacemaker

On Monday night in Los Angeles, the Warriors suffered their third loss of the season, and second out of their last three, after falling to the Clippers in overtime, 121-116.

Kevin Durant was all over the place in the absence of Steph Curry, dropping a team-high 33 points, to go with 11 dimes and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson pitched in 31 more, but neither shot the ball particularly well. Despite their so-so shooting, you’d think Draymond Green would have found one of two when he had the ball inside of five seconds with the score tied at 106.

You can see how irate Klay is in that above clip, but he looked downright genial compared to Durant when they were on the bench waiting for overtime to start. He was right in the middle when KD decided to share his thoughts on that last play with Dray, who wasn’t having it.

In what might be a shock to Kings fans who saw all manner of anger in Sacramento, it was actually Golden State’s mid-summer addition, DeMarcus Cousins, who tried to pacify a pissed off Draymond before overtime started.

Like Green, who suited up for the first time since Golden State’s win over Memphis a week ago, Shaun Livingston also returned to the lineup after a long layoff —he last played at MSG on Oct. 26—and after the game he downplayed the spat on the bench. 

Durant’s anger was partially tied to how the refs were calling him; he fouled out in overtime. Green left the locker room before any reporters could talk to him, but said of the bench beef with KD, “It don’t matter, you all are going to report what you want to report.”

This isn’t the first time the two have gotten in each other’s face during a game. In their first season together, Dray famously jawed at KD for playing some hero ball at the end of a game, and in another instance—this was one was more motivation than confrontation—their interplay got memed.

We hope Boogie, The Peacemaker, happens because he’d look great as a late-’90s Clooney.