Danny Green watched the wild events at the end of regulation in Game 1 of the NBA Finals unfold like everyone else.
Unlike everyone else, Green, a guard for the San Antonio Spurs, has the perspective of a nine-year NBA veteran who has won a title. So he was a little more understanding after watching Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith cost his team a chance to beat the Golden State Warriors by forgetting the score was tied and dribbling out the clock after a late rebound. The Cavs went on the lose Game 1 in overtime.
"It's a million-miles-an-hour type of game unless you've been there for some time," Green told The Japan Times on Saturday in Tokyo's Akihabara area. "The game obviously slows down as you get older, but even then, you better be on point at all times.
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