MINNEAPOLIS – The Golden State Warriors Draymond Green striker is now two technical faults in the suspension in these qualifying series following a dead offense in match 2 of the Warriors series against the Timberwolves of Minnesota.
He opted against going to the podium after the match but made a statement that illustrates how he feels targeted by the League and the officials.
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“I'm tired of the agenda to make myself look like the angry black man. I am not an angry black man,” said Green. “I am a very successful and educated black man with a large family. And I'm great in basketball, I'm great in what I do. The agenda to try to continue to make me look like an angry black man is crazy. I've had it up to here. It's ridiculous. “
With that, he got out of the locker room after Timberwolves equaled the series against Golden State with a 117-93 victory.
Green exhausted her arms wildly after being the victim of a fault by the Timberwolves Naz Reid attacker and after Reid fell, the game went to review. Reid was evaluated a personal fault and Green received the technical fault – the official of Tony Brothers judged that Green was useless while Green tried to sell the contact to draw the fault.
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Green said those responsible for what he felt immediately, and the injured teammate Stephen Curry went up to calm Green, before Steve Kerr withdrew him because he would have been in danger of an ejection and a technique closer to the suspension.
Brothers was the main manager of match 7 of the Warriors first round series against the Houston Rockets, where the same conclusion was drawn on Green after contact with the Rockets goalkeeper Fred Vanvleet.
Vanvleet reached out on Green, committing a fault, and in the same movement, Green failed his arms, hitting Vanvleet in the face. He was given a technical fault after examining an official.
Green has the reputation of pushing the line with officials and opposing players, but the coach of the Warriors Steve Kerr has credited Green for keeping his cool in the last two Warriors victories on the road so far.
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He barely told officials of the Warriors' opening victory in Minneapolis, focusing on the anchoring of their defense.
This changed Thursday in the defeat of the Warriors, but Kerr is confident that Green will not pass the line to further decimate his team.
“He will have to be careful,” said Kerr. “He will have to remain composed and I am convinced that he will do it because he knows the consequences.”
