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The Boston Celtics<\/a> looked poised to take a stranglehold on the NBA Finals after thoroughly dominating the Golden State Warriors<\/a> on the road in Game 2 and taking care of business at home in Game 3. A win at home in Game 4 would've given the C's a dominant 3-1 series lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Boston wasn't able to seize the opportunity, as Stephen Curry dropped 43 points in Game 4 to hand the Celtics a demoralizing loss they were never able to bounce back from. That, according to Draymond Green<\/a>, was the moment the Warriors knew the series was over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draymond Green knew the NBA Finals were over after the Warriors' Game 4 win<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Draymond Green celebrates with the NBA Championship Trophy during the Golden State Warriors Victory Parade | Thearon W. Henderson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It's hard to close out a championship-caliber team in a playoff series. It's even harder to do in the NBA Finals<\/a> when you throw away a golden opportunity on your home court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Celtics, they needed to win Game 4 in Boston to take a 3-1 lead in the Finals and put all the pressure on the Warriors. Instead, they couldn't contain Curry all night, and Golden State evened up the series with a 10-point win. It was at that point when Green knew the Warriors had the Celtics beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think after Game 4, we knew we had them,” Green said on a recent episode of The Draymond Green Show<\/a> (h\/t NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a>). “After Game 4, I'm like, ‘Alright, I'm wearing all black. It's going to be a funeral.' Game 5, it's time to go ahead and really kill these, like, kill these boys. Game 6, we put the dagger in these boys.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a display of supreme confidence, Green wore the same all-black suit before Game 5 and Game 6, and the Warriors won both by double digits to secure their fourth title in eight years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But that was my mindset, and so that's how I went into Game 5 and Game 6, with the absolute same outfit on,” he said. “It was incredible. It's part of my journey. And for me, like I said, that was my mindset and I absolutely enjoyed that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors' championship mettle was evident on the court in Game 4 and beyond, but it's those small details that prove Golden State was more prepared to close out a championship run than Boston was. Green could feel it after Game 4, and he turned out to be right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RELATED: Golden State Warriors: Players Admit They Had Celebration Fun at the Expense of Boston Celtics Fans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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