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Warriors' Green offers apology

OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond Green’s emotion and passion are what make him so valuable on the court for the Golden State Warriors, yet he acknowledges he took it too far this time.

The Golden State power forward apologized to his teammates, coaches and the organization for an emotional outburst during halftime of the Warriors’ 121-118 overtime victory Saturday at Oklahoma City.

“I admit my mistakes. I made a mistake. I admitted my mistakes to my teammates, my coaching staff,” Green said after practice Monday. “I apologized to my teammates and my coaching staff, this organization. That wasn’t the right way to handle what needed to be handled. As a leader of this team, I can’t do that because it sets a bad precedent how everything is ran around here, how everything should be ran, how everything has been ran and how everything will run going forward.”

After playing only two games at home in February, the Warriors (53-5) returned to the Bay Area and will have 17 of their final 24 games at Oracle Arena. They are 24-0 at home, riding a 42-game regular-season winning streak at Oracle overall, and chasing the Chicago Bulls’ record of 72 wins from 1995-96.

Coach Steve Kerr expects the scrutiny at this stage.

“This is the way life is these days. There’s 24-hour sports talk shows on the radio, on TV, and we’re in the spotlight because of our record,” Kerr said. “It doesn’t bother us that everyone’s talking about it.”

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