We made it a focal point to try to take him out of this series,” Draymond Green says. “We know what they are capable of when he is scoring.”

Minutes after the Houston Rockets' season came to a crashing end on Sunday night, Jalen Green got dressed at his locker in silence. Occasionally one of his teammates would come by and dap him up or give him a hug and tell them they appreciated him.

Jalen Green's flameout against the Warriors in the playoffs might have sent the Rockets a clear signal about the viability of building around him as a long-term fixture.