Warriors’ Draymond Green starts Game 7 against Kings, Jordan Poole benched

SACRAMENTO – With the Golden State Warriors’ season hanging in the balance, forward Draymond Green was returned to the starting lineup on Sunday for Game 7 of the team’s first-round series against the Sacramento Kings. The Warriors’ traditional starting lineup of Green, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney was plus-145 in 331 minutes during the regular season. That five-man group hasn’t started a game together this postseason since Game 2, which also was Wiggins first start since Feb. 13. Green was suspended for Game 3 after stepping on the chest of Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis in Game 2, which opened the door for Poole to enter the starting lineup. Golden State went 2-1 in the games Green came off the bench. He scored a season-high 21 points off the bench in the team’s 123-116 Game 5 win.Poole averaged just 13.8 points while shooting 35.3% from the field and 23.8% from 3-point range in his four starts during the series. C.J. Holmes joined The San Francisco Chronicle after four years at the Athletic, where he covered numerous college and pro teams, including the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, the University of Arizona, Arizona State, Villanova, Temple, Saint Joseph’s, La Salle and Penn. He’s a native of the Washington, D.C., area and developed love for the game of basketball when he was young. C.J. played high school ball at IMG Academy and college ball at Auburn University. He’s a movie junkie, comic book lover and a proud Husky dad. He’s also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.