Doc ‘surprised how sensitive' Warriors have been about comments

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Editor's Note: The above video is from a media session with Draymond Green on Oct. 13, 2015.

The war of words between Clippers head coach Doc Rivers and Warriors' players isn't over just yet.

On Monday, Rivers was asked about the Warriors' responses to his October 6 "lucky" comments.

"I'm really surprised how sensitive they are about it. They are the champions, so they should just be the champions," said Rivers told reporters Monday, according to The Los Angeles Times.

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Back on October 6, Rivers told Zach Lowe of Grantland: "You need luck in the West. Look at Golden State. They didn't have to play us or the Spurs."

Over the course of the following week, three Warriors players offered their rebuttal to Rivers' comments.

"If we got lucky, look at our record against them last year. I'm pretty sure we smacked them," Klay Thompson said October 9.

“I want to just say I apologize for us being healthy,” Curry sarcastically said on October 13. “I apologize for us playing who was in front of us. I apologize for all the accolades we received as a team and individually. I’m very truly sorry. And I hope we’ll rectify that situation this year."

“People hate change. People don’t accept change well,” Draymond Green said after shootaround on October 13. “They’re used to Golden State just floating around the bottom of the league. They don’t want to accept change. It’s funny. It’s like a bitter female. I mean, have you ever dealt with a bitter female that’s just scorned? God, that’s rough. When you’re dealing with a bitter female that’s scorned, that’s one of the worst things in the world. And, God, that’s bad.”

“Gregg Popovich didn’t say that,” Green continued, referring to the coach of the San Antonio Spurs. “That’s one organization I really respect. And you haven’t heard anybody in their camp say that. You haven’t heard anybody from OKC say that. That’s just some of the organizations that I really respect.”

On Sunday, Rivers attempted to clarify his remarks that sparked everything.

"What I said is true -- not the way it was said to them. I never said the Warriors were lucky. That’s unrepresentative of what I said. I said you have to be lucky to win. It’s a completely different way," Rivers said before the Clippers practiced on Saturday, according to The Los Angeles Times.

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