Draymond Green thinks his Warriors would beat Shaquille O'Neal's Lakers in five or six games: "You just got to hit the three at 37%"

Many fans like to discuss the mythical matchup between the Shaquille O'Neal -led Los Angeles Lakers and Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors. During the latest episode of The Big Podcast, Shaq and his guest, Draymond Green , had an interesting conversation about the topic.

"We win the series, for sure," Green told Shaq. "How do we lose? You get your dunks; we're trading twos for threes. We're going to hit enough of them. You just got to hit the three at 37%."

Warriors splashing the three-ball

Green's Warriors were the team that began the three-point revolution in the NBA. The Dubs captured the 2015 championship using the long-range shot as their primary weapon—they led the league in 3P% as a team (39.8%) while making 10.8 three-pointers per game.

On the other hand, Shaq's 2000 Lakers squad ranked just 25th in 3P% at 32.9%. They made an average of 4.2 triples per contest, the 18th-best in the league that year. In 2001, the Lakers knocked down 5.4 three-pointers per game; in 2002, that number improved to 6.2.

Going by the difference between their best three-point shooting seasons alone, the Warriors would have a 13.8-point over the Lakers . That number may be enough to topple L.A. in a potential matchup.

Guarding Shaq

Green, however, admitted that the Warriors did not have one player who could guard Shaq one-on-one. Instead, Dray said they would have used defensive schemes to take O'Neal out of the game. One would be to put a defender in front and behind Shaq to deny him the ball .

"I'm standing in front, ain't no ball getting to you…we leaving somebody over there to shoot because you couldn't shoot during that time. Nobody was just launching threes and then shot…Shaq, I don't think I could have guarded you - I'm not saying that. However, you would have to bring your big a** out of that drop," Green said

When Shaq asked Dray who would guard Kobe and Green mentioned Klay Thompson, O'Neal was left speechless. The legendary big man then told Dray they should continue their conversation on Green's podcast. Part Two should be worth the wait.

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