Green averaged just 13.2 points per game in the series — a drop of nearly eight points from his regular-season average of 21.0. Green — the No. 2 overall pick in 2021 — faced backlash for his play after the Rockets were eliminated. "Jalen Green is the biggest disappointment in Houston Rockets history," one fan said.

Overall, I haven’t really been myself,” Rockets guard Jalen Green said Friday. “I’ve just gotta get back to being aggressive and stop overthinking.”

In his first posteason appearance, Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green has been a lightning rod during his team's first-round series against the Golden State Warriors. That continued Monday night after the Rockets' 109-106 loss to the Warriors in Game 4 at San Francisco's Chase Center that plunged Houston into a 3-1 series deficit and facing elimination Wednesday.