The Golden State Warriors tried their hardest and played some exciting basketball, but they ultimately came up short on Sunday and lost 124-119 to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Following the game, Draymond Green talked with NBC Sports about his team and what went wrong in such an important match.

“It’s tough to win,” Green said. “We also didn’t get a lot of loose balls. Rebounding is one thing, but then some of these loose balls that are just bouncing we’re not getting, the long rebounds, they’re loose and we’re not getting them. We’ve got to be better at getting those balls.”

All of the issues listed are things that Green should have a direct hand in, so he is talking to himself in some ways.

During Sunday’s game, Green posted 14 points, three rebounds, and four assists.

Now that the Warriors lost the game, they are battling for their lives in the Play-In Tournament.

They will face the Memphis Grizzlies, who are the eighth seed.

If the Warriors beat them, they will immediately become the seventh seed, but if they lose, they will have to play against the winner of the Sacramento Kings-Dallas Mavericks match.

Sunday’s game was very important for the Warriors, but the Play-In game will be even more crucial.

Green and the rest of his team know what they did wrong, so now it is just about correcting their problems.

They don’t have much time to rest, so they will need to shake the loss off and plan ahead for their must-win game against the Grizzlies.

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