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Kevin Martin calls out the Warriors

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Thunder sixth man Kevin Martin got hot Wednesday night, both on the court and under the collar.

In the process, perhaps some young Golden State Warriors learned a valuable lesson during a 119-98 lashing they suffered at the hands of the Thunder

Martin wasn't naming names or sharing exactly what was said or done in front of sellout crowd of 18,203 at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The sequence that likely set it off came with 1:19 left in the third quarter when 230-pound(ish) Golden State rookie Draymond Green shoved the 185-pound Martin hard out of bounds during a 2-on-1 fast break for the Thunder after Martin had passed the ball back to teammate Kevin Durant for an easy dunk.
Green's shove perhaps was worthy of a flagrant foul, but no foul of any kind was called.

At the outset of the final period, the Warriors still were within striking distance at 90-79 after trailing by as many as 26.

An obviously perturbed Martin promptly scored seven straight points for OKC and had 10 fourth-quarter points by the 8:09 mark to give the Thunder a 104-83 advantage and essentially seal the deal. He finished with 21 points (8 for 16 from the field; 3 for 6 from 3-point range), four assists and two steals in 26 minutes.

The soft-spoken Martin was still soft-spoken afterward, but he also was incredibly blunt.

“Coach (Mark) Jackson should talk to a couple of his bench players, make sure they get wet behind the ears before they come barking up a couple of our player's tree,” Martin said.

So they inspired you?

“Yeah, yeah. I take it personally. They did,” Martin said. “It wasn't only talking trash. They did a couple of dirty plays to inspire us as a team.”

Durant, who sat the entire fourth quarter for the second straight game, cracked a smile when told Martin was inspired by Golden State's “dirty play.”

“I wouldn't say they were too dirty, but they play physical,” said Durant, who had 25 points (10 for 18 from the field), seven rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals, but five turnovers. “I think K-Mart did a really good job of getting mad and getting through on his own … That's what busted the game open for us in the fourth quarter. I think he was upset at the play where he got fouled on a pass and got pushed out of bounds. That kind of ticked him off, and that's good. That got him going.”

Thunder second-year player Reggie Jackson played point guard the entire fourth quarter and kept looking in Martin's direction.

“He got hot. He's an elite scorer, especially in this league,” said Jackson, who had 12 points and six assists in 19 minutes. “What he does is special, getting to the line, being able to knock down big shots and hitting 3s. It's my job to try and see the mismatch and we felt he had the mismatch.”

Asked what inspired Martin at the outset of the fourth quarter, Jackson smiled and said: “I think it's the young guys on the Warriors who kind of got him a little hot, talking a little trash. I guess I ought to thank them for waking up the monster in him, so I do give them a shout-out for that one.”
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Draymond Green again?

#1 Carl Herrera, Feb 7, 2013

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lol Draymond Green is becoming a little punk in this league. And the Golden State Warriors... after finally becoming relevant after a decade+ are creating a bad image for themselves.

#2 ItsMyFault, Feb 7, 2013
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draymond green would be perfect for the rockets

#3 rockettes, Feb 7, 2013
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I liked GSW and was happy for their success but I hate these punks now. Mark Jackson and his little thuggets need to get an ass whooping. I love Steph Curry but their squad is filled with punks.

#4 charles_zed, Feb 7, 2013
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Draymond Green is the new Matt Barnes.

#5 Someguy1229, Feb 7, 2013
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Sweet. Two blow out losses for a row that squad. Take a bow Mark Jackson.

#6 Classic, Feb 7, 2013
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See like I said on Tuesday, GSW always are and always will be a punch of punks. From the Run TMC days to Spreewell and Co. to Baron and Stephen Jackson to the current team.

#7 tmac2therack, Feb 7, 2013

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tmac2therack said: ↑

See like I said on Tuesday, GSW always are and always will be a punch of punks. From the Run TMC days to Spreewell and Co. to Baron and Stephen Jackson to the current team.
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Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin were punks? Okay.

Dray-dray is a good guy (on the radio all the time now in the Bay Area), and he was great at Mich. St. Hope he gets his head on straight, and if Jackson is preaching this "be a thug when you're getting beat," he should stop immediately. It's laughable.

Anyway, good for Martin. Not easy to get him mad!

#8 B-Bob, Feb 7, 2013
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Wasn't he tossed for a flagrant foul against us, thus warranting an automatic 1 game suspension?

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NL Rocket said: ↑

Wasn't he tossed for a flagrant foul against us, thus warranting an automatic 1 game suspension?
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He wasn't tossed for a flagrant, he was tossed for trying to go at Morris.

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"make sure they get wet behind the ears before they come barking up a couple of our player's tree"

Fail

#11 Burko, Feb 7, 2013
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B-Bob said: ↑

Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin were punks? Okay.

Dray-dray is a good guy (on the radio all the time now in the Bay Area), and he was great at Mich. St. Hope he gets his head on straight, and if Jackson is preaching this "be a thug when you're getting beat," he should stop immediately. It's laughable.

Anyway, good for Martin. Not easy to get him mad!
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Not Mitch and Chris but there were some guys on that team that weren't the cleanest of players.

#12 tmac2therack, Feb 7, 2013
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Mark Jackson the fake-ass adulterous preacher is trying to bring the Charles Oakley back to this finesse league?

Good luck bro.

#13 moestavern19, Feb 7, 2013

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Something tells me its going to be a heated match up once we face them again next week. Bring it!

#14 Da_Spark, Feb 7, 2013
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RedRedemption said: ↑

He wasn't tossed for a flagrant, he was tossed for trying to go at Morris.
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Green got a flagrant 2 for his foul against Beverly. Isn't that an automatic ejection? If so he was ejected from the game for a flagrant 2 foul.

#15 crash5179, Feb 7, 2013
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Burko said: ↑

"make sure they get wet behind the ears before they come barking up a couple of our player's tree"

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LOL, give him a break. You know what he was trying to say:

Make sure your tree bark is worse than your growl, because it's all just spilt milk off a duck's back to me.

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crash5179 said: ↑

Green got a flagrant 2 for his foul against Beverly. Isn't that an automatic ejection? If so he was ejected from the game for a flagrant 2 foul.
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That was a flagrant 2? Never mind then, yeah I thought that would be a one game suspension.

#17 RedRedemption, Feb 7, 2013
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Burko said: ↑

"make sure they get wet behind the ears before they come barking up a couple of our player's tree"

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Lol. Good catch.

I don't think Green or the Warriors are bad guys though. Some of them just got too much bravado from Mark Jackson's fake tough guy act.

#18 Carl Herrera, Feb 7, 2013

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K-Mart my man

Way to go K-Mart stand up for your right like Marcus did against punks.

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I like it. I like what Jackson is doing. Dirty it up. Hit some people. Kevin Martin is built like a girl, teach that pansy a lesson - this was a man's game once. Let's take it back.

#20 Ziggy, Feb 7, 2013

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