Ryan Rollins loved having Draymond Green pick him up after the Steph incident
The Milwaukee Bucks and the Golden State Warriors were the two better teams in the league to start the 2025-26 season, and it was the Bucks who emerged victorious Thursday with a 120-110 win despite no Giannis Antetokounmpo due to a knee injury. Former Warriors guard Ryan Rollins led the way with a career-high 32 points, and after the game he explained why didn’t he mind retaliation from Draymond Green after hitting Stephen Curry in the game, according to Eric Nemo of the Athletics.
Late in the second half, Ryan Rollins hit Stephen Curry as Draymond Green tried to screen him, but no foul was called. The Warriors responded with both Green and Jonathan Cummings knocking Rollins to the floor on two separate occasions after Curry’s layup.
“I think I hit Steph, that’s why Draymond did what he did. I didn’t expect anything different. I kind of liked it. It just makes me a little more excited. It was fun, though,” Rollins said. “Just use that energy to keep playing hard, use it on either end, the next play whether it’s offense or defense…yeah, it’s really just using energy. Like I said, it gets me up, just, I like to hit, so I liked that.”
It was a great game for Rollins who, in addition to his 32 points, grabbed three rebounds, dished out eight assists and committed just one turnover in just over 36 minutes. He shot 13 of 21 (61.9 percent) from the field, and 5 of 7 (71.4 percent) from the three-point line.
Overall, it’s been a career year for Rollins who has started four of the Bucks’ five games so far this season. He averaged 18.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.4 steals while shooting 52.4 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from the three-point line and 88.2 percent from the free throw line.
The 44th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Rollins began his career with the Warriors. He was traded to the Washington Wizards in the offseason after his freshman year, and ended up with the Bucks after the Wizards cut him.
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