Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green was brutally honest about how he felt he played during his team's seven-game first-round playoff series loss to the Golden State Warriors, as noted to reporters. In Game 2, Green scored 38 points on 13-of-25 shooting to lead Houston to a 109-94 win over the Warriors.

We made it a focal point to try to take him out of this series,” Draymond Green says. “We know what they are capable of when he is scoring.”

Rockets guard Jalen Green struggled in the series, which was his first taste of playoff action since entering the NBA in 2021. After the Game 7 loss, in which he had just eight points, Green offered some harsh self-criticism,