It didn’t take long for Golden State Warriors’ forward Draymond Green to earn his first ejection in the new NBA season.
After missing five games due to a finger injury, Green returned to court on Monday night in Warriors’ 122-108 loss to the Utah Jazz. However, the 29-year-old wasn’t there to witness the end of the contest, as he was ejected in the fourth quarter for arguing with officials.
With just below nine minutes left in the game, Green believed he had taken a charge against Jazz’s Mike Conley, but the official didn’t call it. After standing up, he started protesting about the call with officials and ended up earning a technical foul. While the Jazz took the free throw, Green continued to plead his case with one referee who had enough of it and decided to eject him.
Green exited the game with four points, eight rebounds, and four assists.
“I disagreed with that call,” – said Green the game. “And I’m never going to be OK with another grown man telling me, ‘Don’t talk.’ If you feel like you got the call wrong, or right, you don’t tell me not to talk. I’m a grown man. I got my own kids. So that’s what happened.”
Warriors currently find themselves in a world of trouble, as they are at the bottom of West with 2-8 record. This might be the team’s reality this season, as they will be without All-Star Klay Thompson for the rest of the season, while their superstar guard Steph Curry is questionable to return in 2019/20 due to a hand injury.
