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Draymond Green has fired back at Paul Pierce?and others for their latest swipes against Kevin Durants decision to join the Golden State Warriors, saying after practice Thursday that its time for the critics to give it a break.In an extended session with reporters in Denver, the Warriors forward made it clear he believes everybody got something to say and want to take everything he says and twist it in coming to Durants defense.Green was reacting to Pierces criticism of Durants decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the team that eliminated them in the Western Conference finals last season. The Los Angeles Clippers forward said, among other things, When youre that close as a competitor, you dont go and join the team that pushed you out.This built on a groundswell of criticism from current and former players about stars leaving teams to chase a championship elsewhere. The Warriors already were a superteam before one of the leagues most unstoppable scorers decided to leave Oklahoma City for the Bay Area.Pierce appeared to tweak Durant on Wednesday by speaking out negatively about KD joining forces with players he had competed against.Im an old-school guy. Im a competitor. ... When you want to be the best, youve got to beat the best, Pierce, who is embarking on his 19th season, told SiriusXM NBA Radio. Thats always been something thats driven me. Todays day and age, a lot of these guys are friends. Thats like if [Larry] Bird decided to go play with Magic [Johnson] or something. These guys, I think the competition makes the game what it is.And Oklahoma, I felt like, was a contending team. They had Golden State on the ropes. I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. Youre the lone star. Ive been in that position. I could have left Boston years ago, but I stuck it out [and won a championship in 2008].Green, who has previously spoken out in reaction to criticism about creating superteams, continued in Durants defense by making a comparison between NBA athletes and Silicon Valley CEOs.Nobody complains when somebody leaves Apple and goes to Google, Green said, adding, Arent they in competition with each other?As a basketball player, you are the CEO of a business. You are a business, Green said, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Kevin Durant is a big business. He is the CEO of that business. So him going to play basketball for a different team, the CEO decided to leave where he was at and go somewhere else.Arent you competitive in your day job if you work for Apple? Dont you want to outdo Google? Whats the difference on the basketball court? Its your day job. You want to do whats better for you. 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That saved them a few steps when they charged toward the basepath to mob Young in their biggest celebration yet in six games under interim manager Ryne Sandberg. Young hit the winning single with one out in the ninth inning after Carlos Ruiz tied the game with a double, pushing the Philadelphia Phillies past the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Wednesday night. "We battled right to the end," Sandberg said. Did they ever. Erik Kratz opened the ninth with a double off Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt (2-4). Pinch runner Casper Wells advanced to third on a grounder and scored the tying run on Ruizs pinch-hit double to left. Jimmy Rollins was walked intentionally and Young followed with the winning single to left. Jake Diekman (1-3) tossed a scoreless ninth for the win. The Phillies stormed out of the dugout and converged on Young. Nolan Arenados two-out single in the eighth inning had put Colorado up 3-2. Arenado made a game-saving stop at third base in Colorados 5-3 win on Tuesday. One game later, he poked an opposite field single to right off reliever Justin De Fratus. Betancourt just couldnt make it stand. "Id take Rafi with a one-run lead every time," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Ruiz hustled home for the winning run for one of his few bright spots in a down season for the former All-Star catcher. Ruiz, who has only three homers and 16 RBIs, was suspended the first 25 games for using a banned amphetamine. "With everything that happened, it was tough for me," he said. "But thats no excuse. Im just trying to do my best and help the team win." Wilin Rosario homered for Colorado. Chase Utley went deep for the Phillies. De Fratus hit Charlie Blackmon to open the eighth. Michael Cuddyer hit a one-out single and Arenado made it 3-2 after his run-scoring single. After losing three of four at Baltimore, the Rockies have dropped two of three so far in the four-game series against the Phillies. Rockies starter Juan Nicasio allowed two ruuns -- one earned -- in 5 2-3 innings and worked out of several jams to keep it close.dddddddddddd "He stayed away from the big inning that was getting him the first time he was up," Weiss said. "When it starts to slip away, hes been able to close out the inning and not let it get away from him." Phillies starter Cliff Lee remained winless since July 5 and is 0-4 with two no-decisions since beating Atlanta. He kept the Phillies in this one, striking out six and walking none over seven innings. The Phillies blew several opportunities to help out Lee and bust the game open. They stranded runners on second and third when Lee struck out swinging to end the second. They scored only one run after loading the bases with no outs in the fifth. Young grounded into a double play to score one run and make it 2-2. Utley fouled out to end the inning. Nicasio was chased with runners on first and second and two outs in the sixth. Wilton Lopez fanned John Mayberry Jr. on a check swing to escape the jam. They had some timely hitting in the first when Utleys 16th homer of the season staked Lee to a 1-0 lead. Rosario tied it a 1 on a solo shot to right in the second that extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Dexter Fowler ripped an RBI single to left later in the inning for a 2-1 lead, but Domonic Brown threw out Jordan Pacheco at home to end the inning. NOTES: Phillies RHP Roy Halladay (shoulder) is set to make his third rehab start Sunday with Double-A Reading. Halladay also clarified some remarks he made after Tuesdays rehab start that made it seem like he endorsed the move to fire Charlie Manuel and replace him with Sandberg. "I have a lot of respect for Charlie. There were some articles put out that offended me and, Im sure, offended Charlie. And I called him today and talked to him about it," Halladay said. ... The Phillies signed free-agent OF Roger Bernadina and optioned Michael Martinez to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. ... The Rockies send RHP Chad Bettis (0-2, 5.30 ERA) to the mound Thursday against RHP Kyle Kendrick (10-10, 4.36) in the finale of the four-game series. ' ' '