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Dan Woike: For Warriors' Draymond Green, Raptors' Kyle Lowry, emotion is key in NBA Finals

TORONTO - With the spotlight on him, Draymond Green operated as comfortably as he does when he switches onto a guard during a pick-and-roll. He flashed wide smiles and offered serious introspection. He made analogies and took on topics head-on.

He won the moment.

"I think as a competitor, if you're trying to do something meaningful, if you don't have the mindset that you're the best ever, you failed already," Green, the Golden State Warriors forward, said Wednesday. "So if you don't have the mindset that you are the best reporter ever, then you already failed.

"That's been my mindset since I can remember. That will be my mindset as long as

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