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Draymond Green was supposed to start on Wednesday night. He did not. Just before tip-off, after Green was listed in the Warriors’ official starting lineup, the team announced he would sit with right ankle soreness.
Roughly a half hour before tip, the team released this lineup:
Tonight’s Starting Lineups: pic.twitter.com/h8LjKsT1DQ
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) February 18, 2021
And just moments before tip-off, Green was announced out, with Mychal Mulder starting in place of him.
Draymond Green is out (right ankle soreness). Updated starters: pic.twitter.com/OSAh4C9Amr
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) February 18, 2021
This comes after Green had a scary injury moment against the Brooklyn Nets, but later returned. Green said that it was a knee injury that occasionally flares up from time to time and he’s managed it. This is discernibly a different injury, and it has resulted in the fifth absence of the year for Green after missing the first four of the year.
Draymond Green has left the game after suffering this non-contact injury pic.twitter.com/44l90dqrKO
— KNBR (@KNBR) February 14, 2021
Green’s absence is a brutal loss for the Warriors, given the fact that they were already deprived of centers. Kevon Looney and James Wiseman are both out with injuries, which has left Juan Toscano-Anderson as the team’s only real quasi-center option. Green has thrived in a point forward role as of late, leading the NBA over the last few weeks with 12.3 assists per game over his last seven games.