Draymond Green He showed again this morning that he is one of the dirtiest players in recent years. His umpteenth assault in a party has outraged the NBA because of the consequences it can have: Domantas Sabonis will have to undergo tests on his ribs and lungs today to see the extent of the injury and the damages produced by the stomping of the power forward of the Warriors. golden state fell 114-106 in Sacramento and is placed 2-0 down in the play-off series.
The tension of the game reached its boiling point in the last quarter. While the Warriors tried to come back, the Kings held their ground on the court. In the final stretch, Sabonis fell to the ground in the fight for a rebound and that’s where the usual one appeared: Draymond Green got tangled up with the Lithuanian and ended up stepping on him violently.
Green was penalized with a flagrante 2 and was expelled after further review. Needless to say, NBA fans have been outraged by Green’s action. The American assured that the referees kicked him out of the match for stepping “too hard” on Domantas Sabonis’s chest, without apologizing.
While the referees reviewed the action, Green faced some fans and celebrated the boos that came from the stands: “They grabbed my leg. The second time in two games”Green commented, referring to a similar incident (without reaching an expulsion) that, as he assured, took place in the first game with Malik Monk.
“I have to land my foot somewhere and I’m not the most flexible personI don’t stretch that far,” he added about what happened with Sabonis. Green also criticized the referees for not having done anything about those grabs. “I guess grabbing the ankle is fine,” he ironized.
The Warriors of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who had never been with a 2-0 Against them in the playoffs, they now return to San Francisco, where the third game of this first-round tie for the West will be played on Thursday. The champions are on the ropes and Green’s presence is in the airsince the NBA can enter ex officio to sanction the player.
