Draymon Green did it again. The Warriors veteran made up for it another expulsion, after the one last December for the blow to Nurkic which had cost him a total of 16 games of suspension. This time it’s not such a serious episode, but coach Steve Kerr and his teammates certainly didn’t accept his new intemperance. Green was kicked out by the referees for two technical fouls for protests after less than four minutes of the match against the Magic. What triggered his ‘fury’ was a banal episode that didn’t even directly involve him: a foul called on his teammate Andre Wiggins on Paolo Banchero. Green immediately protested forcefully, taking the first technical, and then – despite it the arrival of Steph Curry to try to mediate – continued to argue face to face with the referee Ron Acosta resulting in the second technical and the consequent expulsion. An episode that comes, among other things, after the last game against Miami he was ‘pardoned’ after a bad foul (arm in a sling) on Patty Mills.
Curry and Kerr don’t take it well
After Green’s expulsion the cameras fished Steph Curry definitely altered. The star of the Warriors is covered his face with his shirt, and even seemed to shed a few tears of frustration. At the end of the game – which Golden State won anyway – the two were at each other’s throats hugged in the tunnel. “We need him – Steph then explained – and he knows it. We all know that, so we have to do whatever it takes to keep him on the field, especially this time of year. I talked to him about it many timeseven tonight, and I will continue to talk to him as a teammate and as a friend.” More laconic Steve Kerr: “The expulsion? He deserved itbut he will recover”
2024-03-28 07:39:33
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