Golden State Warriors break from Nuggets Will Barton, who spends Game 2 yelling at his teammates

Denver Nuggets’ Will Barton shoots over Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins.

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Will Barton, the Denver Nuggets’ second or third-best player, is fed up with the Golden State Warriors — and it looks like he’s fed up with his own teammates, too.

Barton’s frustration erupted just before the end of the first half of Game 2. The Warriors put the ball on court quickly and Steph Curry was able to get a shot for possession very early on. The only person Curry would have come close to was Barton, and after the shot rang out he immediately turned angrily to his teammates, perhaps to complain of a lack of rush or a missed order.

Trying to protect the dubs like… pic.twitter.com/KyKp3ZkhuP

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 19, 2022

The standout moment, however, came in the third quarter of Game 2 when Barton got in the face of teammate DeMarcus Cousins ​​during a commercial break, causing a no-nonsense kerfuffle on the Denver bench.

The complete INTRA-TEAM TURMOIL cut: pic.twitter.com/Sjb3FTRZq4

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 19, 2022

You’ll notice that after the argument started, there’s a moment when the crowd suddenly started cheering. That’s apparently courtesy of Draymond Green, who saw his opponents arguing on the bench and went to center court to try it get the home crowd going. An excellent trolling act by Green.

The first round series has yet to return to Denver before any sort of sweep can be completed, but it’s hard to believe that this is far from over after Barton’s multiple explosions in Game 2.