OAKLAND Sometimes, the Warriors just have to yell at each other for a little bit. Good and loud. Make a scene.

Doesnt matter that theyre winning more than 80 percent of their games and maybe the edgiest Warriors bark at each other precisely to keep the competitive fire burning while theyre winning more than 80 percent of their games.

Nobody takes anything personal, Stephen Curry said after practice Tuesday when asked about the most recent Warriors blow-up between Draymond Green and Kevin Durant. Nobody goes home and cries about it.

It can happen behind closed doors or during practice; it can be between two of their biggest stars; and on Saturday in Sacramento, it happened during the Warriors flat loss to the Kings, during a timeout, when Green pretty clearly was looking to light a fire under Durant, who was in the middle of his worst game this season.

Durant answered back, Green kept going, and it all produced 30 seconds of very interesting video, possibly most notable for the lack of urgent reaction by their teammates.

Nobody ran in between them (Shaun Livingston did some brief mediation) and nobody seemed too startled or alarmed, because this is how the Warriors operate they know there will be more of these arguments because they want there to be more of these.

Clear the air. Nothing gets swept under the carpet. Then move on.

If you cant (have these kinds of arguments), youre probably on a losing team, Green said Tuesday. But everybody who makes a big deal out of it probably are losers.

So thats how I view it. Anyone who knows anything about winning knows thats going to happen.

Green also made some headlines when he had words with Durant in the final moments of the Warriors loss to Memphis Green wanted Durant to set a screen for Curry in a key possession and Durant decided to keep the ball and attack on his own.

By the way, Green and Durant are close friends, after bonding during the Olympics last summer; they sit next to each other on team flights and, according to ESPN, watched the Super Bowl together the day after the Sacrament squabble.

Durant was not available to reporters on Tuesday because he sat down for a long interview with ESPN to preview Saturdays big return to Oklahoma City.

But generally, the Warriors laughed off any presumption that those 30 seconds were any serious disruption of team chemistry. In fact, its all part of the chemistry.

Totally normal, coach Steve Kerr said. You shouldve seen the Bulls back in the day. We had guys yelling at each other.

A little history here: Kerr and Michael Jordan engaged in an infamous practice brawl in the early part of the 1995-1996 season that would lead to a then-record 72 regular-season victories and a championship and Kerr and Jordans long friendship essentially began immediately after that fight.

I equate it to, if you have a lot of siblings and youre in the house together every day and you love each other and youd do anything for each other, but youre going to get in fights, Kerr said of the Green-Durant moment.

Thats what its like to be on a team. These guys are so close. Imean, KD and Draymond are best of friends and theyre together every night laughing and joking. So when something happens on the floor, I dont even bat an eye.

The marquee part of this that it was Durant and Green, of all people is what makes this uniquely uncomplicated for the Warriors.

It comes from a place of respect, Curry said. Its nothing thats going to boil over to anything where it gets out of control. We understand what it is. And its all geared towards getting better.

Green can give it to Durant because Durant can dish it back, and if theyre comfortable enough to let everybody see it, then it becomes something like a team-wide pressure release.

I think all that stuff is healthy, Kerr said. Its healthy for the guys at the end of the bench to hear me getting on Steph or KD or Draymond about missing an assignment; its healthy for them to see the players hash everything out even in a heated way.

Were trying to fix whatevers going on. And theres always a line, right? You cant cross the line. And I think our guys do a good job of walking that line and bouncing back the next game and its never been an issue.

Plus, when Green is the emotional leader of the team, there will be no passive-aggressive messages or pent-up emotions.

If youve got to hide something from one of your teammates and you cant say something to somebody, then youre in a bad situation, Green said.

And me personally, I dont want to be in that situation If there is a team like that, please make sure Im on the first thing smoking out of there. Because that team aint for me.

Maybe there are teams like that, but the Warriors arent one of them, which is a vital part of who they are, how they get along so well and win so much, and also why they yell at each other occasionally.

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