Draymond Green had a little trouble early Monday evening at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
Despite his almost ejection, the Golden State Warriors are just one match to drop Houston's Rockets and get out of their opening eliminatory series.
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The Warriors retired late Monday evening to win a 109-106 victory against the Rockets in match 4 in their series. This gave them a 3-1 lead before Wednesday match 5 in Houston, where they can officially close the series and reach the semi-finals of the Western Conference.
The game, although it was the best of the series so far, was incredibly controversial – especially in the first half when Green had consecutive altercations which had the impression of being a few games in preparation.
The first was released after Green and Stephen Curry entered it with Houston Dillon Brooks striker in the second quarter. After Green set a hard screen on Amen Thompson, Brooks checked the curry and sent it to the ground. Curry, taunting a little, went up two fingers on Brooks after being called for a fault. Brooks then tried to grab the ball from Curry's hands, which sparked the incident and sent a lot of people rushing to break it.
In the end, Curry, Green and Brooks were all struck by technical faults.
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Then a few minutes later, Green entered another altercation with Tari Eason. Green fell to the top of Eason and pierced it directly into the head with his feet after they fight for a loose ball – which triggered another, although less severe, dusted. Green briefly held the Eason pass and then seemed to lift it by the leg, but the two were successfully separated.
Green was assessed there a blatant fault, which allowed him to avoid automatic ejection. Eason also received a technical fault.
The incidents recalled what had happened in the wake of match 3 when, when Green entered the Rockets goalkeeper Jalen Green after the final buzzer struck. Obviously, the tensions of this game took place a few days later.
“Steph (Curry) had a good match. The reason they won,” Jalen Green said on Saturday, Via NBC Sports Bay Area. “I'm just talking. (Draymond) can't really do much else, so talking is his only way.”
The warriors shaved the rockets late
After the first chaotic half, Houston took a seven-point lead in the locker room at halftime. The Warriors, however, broke out to start the second half. They opened the third quarter on a race of 18-1 to take an advance of 10 points almost instantly. The Rockets went 0 out of 6 on the field in the team during this section, and only reaches a single basket after another fault of Green Chippy inside. Although Houston finally replied and equaled the match briefly, the Warriors kept a two -point lead after the third.
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Finally, after it seemed that the Rockets were going to take off, the Warriors closed the evening. They did a 5-0 quick race capped by a massif contested at 3 points from Buddy Hield, who put them above them.
Although Fred Vanvleet equalized the match in the section with a huge 3 points of his own, which was his eighth of the night, Jimmy Butler drew a fault on a 3 -point attempt and struck all his free throws to put the Warriors ahead.
The Rockets had a last glance at a shot, but the Alperen Pull şengün – which would have put Houston in the last seconds – was out of the brand with Green on his face. Butler resumed the rebound and struck a pair of free throws to push Golden State to three -point victory.
ŞENGün led Houston with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Vanvleet added 26 points and six assists after shooting 8 out of 12 behind the arc, and Thompson succeeded 17 points and nine rebounds. Vanvleet explained all 3 points to the Rockets, and Houston went only 19 out of 31 of the team of free team throws.
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Butler, who was questionable enters the game with a pelvic bruise This eliminated him for match 3 of the series, led the Warriors with 27 points and six assists. He also had 14 of his points at the fourth quarter only. Brandin Podziemski added 26 points and Stephen Curry finished with 17 points, three assists and three rebounds.
The series will now return to Houston, where the Warriors have the advantage and are now ready to end the Rockets season early. And, although he almost dirty and was thrown away from the competition, Green had the last laugh on the Rockets.
Based on the way things went so far between the two teams, Wednesday's match is sure to be simply controversial.
