Draymond Green won't be getting his hands on Jayson Tatum's basketball this time.
With 4:40 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Warriors' 104-94 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night at Chase Center, Tatum was seen walking towards the Celtics bench with the basketball after Draymond prevented him from shooting a practice shot after a foul was called.
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Green then followed Tatum over to the bench, where he sat with the basketball still in his hands as a crowd of players followed.
Fast forward two days, and Tatum sat down at his press conference on Wednesday afternoon with a basketball in his hands. One reporter jokingly asked him if he was keeping the ball away from Draymond.
"Oh, like the other day?" Tatum said. "Yeah, this is my ball."
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Believe it or not, Draymond appeared out of nowhere, proceeded to jump out of the crowd of reporters in attendance and snatched the ball away from Tatum again. Kidding.
If the Warriors are able to close out the Celtics on Thursday night and win their fourth championship in eight seasons, Tatum and the Celtics quite literally can take their ball and go home.