Warriors back Green after Sengun scuffles: “It just sucks to be Draymond sometimes”
SAN FRANCISCO The clock might have been stopped with a minute left in the second quarter on Sunday evening but Draymond Green and visiting Rockets center Alperen Sengun were going at full speed before an inbounds play on the Chase Center floor during Golden State s - loss Green leaned into Sengun the Turkish all-star reciprocated by pushing into the Warriors center with his chest and then Green responded by shooting an elbow into Sengun s upper body After bureaucrats described Green to lay off the physicality and the veteran big vociferously argued the two went right back to jostling I m not going to stop because the referee says stop and give up position Green noted I already give up six inches and pounds Sengun was not going to back down either I think that was the moment we won the challenge Sengun recounted media I think they were trying to scare us to play softer but even that you just play harder after that Houston Rockets Alperen Sengun goaded Draymond Green into a technical and flagrant foul Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group Green threw another left elbow at Sengun s neck a referee handed the Warriors vet his th technical foul of the season and Warriors coach Steve Kerr had zero issue with what happened after the Warriors - fell to sixth in the Western standings I love Draymond s fire Kerr mentioned That s a reason we have four banners up there and we wouldn t have any without Draymond So I love his fire and he was fighting out there and it just didn t go our way Green has a long history of physical play and fouls of all kinds The future Hall of Famer and current Defensive Performer of the Year candidate has accrued technical fouls flagrants and ejections during his career as well as two suspensions last season Early in the third quarter Green was called for a flagrant foul when he led with went up for the baseline layup smacked Sengun with that same left elbow and sent him crashing to the floor With the flagrant foul I don t know what to do Green stated Don t go up for a layup Jimmy Butler agreed with his teammate s assessment I saw a good bucket in my eyes It just sucks to be Draymond sometimes Butler commented Because it s him he gets a flagrant or attacked or whatever the circumstance may be That s for you Buddy Hield who scored a team-high for Golden State saw Green s actions which included mocking histrionics after missed Rockets free throws as a positive Draymond is one of the challenge s ultimate all-time competitors Hield noted He s going to bring it every night and that s his job to get us going Golden State will try to get going again on Tuesday when the Warriors play at Phoenix Related Articles Steph Curry passes Reggie Miller Warriors legend Rick Barry on all-time scoring list Warriors smothered by Rockets win streak snapped in chippy loss Warriors rotation options look strong with Kuminga Payton Santos offering different skills Steph Curry s incredible scoring tear continues You can see the look in his eyes How the exhausted Warriors slowed down MVP candidate Jokic high-powered Nuggets Warriors not happy with Steph-related officiating The Warriors were not happy with the way Steph Curry was officiated Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group More Curry Warriors guard passes Rick Barry Reggie Miller Draymond Green wasn t the only Warrior who the squad maintained got the short end of the stick on Sunday night Jimmy Butler was incredulous that Curry who was harassed by Rocket wings like Amen Thompson during a three-point -of- shooting night did not get more fouls called I m pretty sure it s been happening for years Butler noted I get to see it and it really angers me that he s on my squad and he gets hacked like that Curry did not criticize the officiating telling media postgame I ve been around years you ve seen it all I don t ever expect to get calls and I don t ever go in looking for it I try to play basketball and do every night and battle through physicality If I need to say something I ll say something Green added Referees you know my view on that Making sense of Western Standings With Golden State s loss the No through eight seeds Los Angeles Clippers the Warriors the Timberwolves and Memphis in that order are all - Because none of those teams are first in their division the next tiebreaker goes by order of what each organization s cumulative record is against the other three teams according to the Elias Sports Bureau In those games the Clippers are - Golden State is - Minnesota is - and Memphis is - Golden State plays host to Los Angeles in the season finale on Sunday
