Is there trouble in paradise with the Golden State Warriors?

Kevin Durant and Draymond Green did NOT get along that well last night.

Golden State Warriors forwards Kevin Durant and Draymond Green got into a bit of a spat on Monday night. Their contest with the Los Angeles Clippers was tied in regulation when Green rebounded the ball (while Durant was trying to grab it) with six seconds to play, and you can see from the clip below that KD was clapping for the ball immediately.

Draymond didn’t pass to anyone or even get a shot up, and that didn’t make Durant very happy. He was so frustrated that he actually stopped running the court on the play, and the Warriors ended up losing 121-116 in overtime.

Green and Durant had to be physically kept apart from each other during the stoppage in play after regulation, and it doesn’t take a professional lip reader to see that KD appears to be saying something like “pass the d*** ball” repeatedly.

This leads to a question. Is there trouble in paradise for the two-time defending champions? The Warriors are currently denying that.

“Just team spirit,” Warriors point guard Shaun Livingston said to ESPN. “Team spirit. Guys wanted a different outcome than what happened. Obviously, Dray had the turnover, guys might have thought they were open or wanted the basketball, didn’t get it. Things happen like that in sports. But it was good to see some fire, some emotion.”

Today, reports broke that things may have been even tenser than they appeared.

Durant recorded 33 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the loss. He’ll be a free agent this summer, and it wouldn’t be surprising for him to at least take a few meetings.

The Warriors are probably mainly frustrated that their star Stephen Curry is out with a groin injury. Golden State is 22-19 when Curry is hurt with Steve Kerr as head coach, and that is way worse than their mark (254-47) when the point guard is healthy. We could be seeing the beginning of the end for this version of Golden State. All the criticism about joining a 73-win team to make it to the NBA Finals must irk Durant to no end, and he might eventually want to carve his own path to a championship somewhere else.

Neither KD or Green talked to media after the game, and they’ll have to work out their issues for this team to achieve the rare feat of winning three championships in a row.