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Minneapolis – After a loss of game 2 in which he received his fifth technical foul of the playoffs, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green He expressed frustration for what he called a “agenda” to portray him as an “angry man of color”.
The green was dirty with minnesota Naz Reid As he holds the ball with 8:46 to go to the second quarter of the 99-80 victory of the Timberwolves on Wednesday evening at the Target Center. After being false, Green won his left arm on Reid and Reid’s head fell on the floor. Reid was called for personal foul, but Green was evaluated a technical foul with a ball dead after the review. It is two short technicians to receive an automatic suspension at a game.
After the game, Green released a quick statement to journalists, saying that he believes there is a “program” against him. He did not develop.
“He looked like the angry man,” Green said to journalists in the changing rooms of visitors. “I am not an angry man of color. I am a very successful man of color and instructed with a great family, and I am good at basketball and good at what I do.
“The agenda to try to continue to make me look like an angry man of color is crazy. I am tired. He is ridiculous.”
An official of the security of the Warriors team confirmed that in the fourth quarter a fan was expelled for directing a racial insult to Green, who was on a fixed bike in the tunnel near the Warriors’ bench. The authorities escorted the fan outside the arena.
Forward warriors Jimmy Butler He said that he agrees on the fact that Green’s reputation often leads to calls that go against him, but he said he is not worried about Green’s design later in the post -station.
“No, I think he knows it,” Butler said. “We all know. I thought it was false and maybe I was trying to sell the call. Someone was hit, but it’s crazy. Every time he does something, it’s always a review and he always ends up being something of that nature.”
With Stephen Curry Outside at least through the game 4 due to a tense left knee tendon, Butler said the warriors need green to drive and remain in the balance.
“He knows how much we need him now more than ever,” Butler said. “So I don’t think it reaches seven [technical fouls]. “
After Green was evaluated his latest technical foul after the review, Green got up from the bench and shouted against the officials. Curry walked in the middle of the field to try to calm the green.
Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr then opted for Sub Butler for Green, and Butler moved Green to prevent him from continuing to discuss with the referees.
“I was able to see that he had angry rather,” said Kerr, “and I didn’t want him to have another technician, so I brought him out at that point and I know he will have to be careful now that he is two technologies away.
“He will have to remain composed. Obviously, we need him, and I am confident that he will do it because he knows the circumstances.”
In game 6 of the first round against the Houston RocketsGreen committed a flagrant foul 1 just over three minutes in a loss of 115-107. Green said he was “embarrassed” by his lack of calm in that loss, saying that he “pounded” and gave a scarce tone for his team that night at the Chase Center.
Green said he recovered in the 48 hours between games 6 and 7 having extraordinary speeches with his loved ones as his wife, Hazel Renee; His coach of the state of Michigan, Tom Izzo; And friends like Spartani’s former teammate Travis Walton.
Green also said that he meditated and went to the wellness center, relying Methods learned to calm down After crossing hours of therapy, advice and check-in calls with the NBA managers following its indefinite suspension to put Rudy Gobert in a choker and in a surprising Jusuf Nurkic In the face a season ago.
In a team meeting that Green, Curry and Butler organized at the team of the team of the team in Houston in the evening before the match 7 on Saturday, Green promised his teammates who would have kept his calm and balance and guided in the final of the first round.
Kerr also had A long speech with greenery To the morning shooting before game 7.
Green gave the warriors in that victory 103-89 with his defense and all-round game. He had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.
He also kept his calm when he got a technical foul at the end of the second quarter later Fred Vanvleet He did it do it, but Green agitated his arm to the Houston Point guard. The officials gave Green a technology after the review and assistants coaches and teammates calmed the green on the Warriors’ bench.
It was a comedy similar to that with Reid on Thursday evening against the wolves.
“It’s just a habit that he has when someone protrudes him, and he is intelligent,” said Kerr. “So I think it was reached Reid and within reach, Draymond crossed and attracted the foul. But he has a sort of habit of shaking his arm to try to make sure that the referee sees him, and he made contact, and that’s what led to technology.”
When Green went on the pitch during the interval for heating, he continued to speak with the official leader of Tony Brothers. In the second half, Green was not called for a foul while Minnesota moved away.
“It’s part of Draymond,” said Kerr. “It is the same thing that makes him such a competitor and a winner, he puts him at the top sometimes, and we know it and it is our task to try to help him stay in the balance, to remain composed. But the competition is so significant for him that from time to time goes beyond the line.”
Before game 2, Green played his best basketball of the season and kept his vote to lead with the composure in the previous two Warriors’ wins, in the 7 match against Houston and Game 1 against Minnesota.
But now Green must remain out of trouble with the referees for the rest of this series while approaching an automatic suspension to a game if it affects the limit of bad or flagrant points.
“He is an adult man,” Butler said when he was asked if he needs to say something to Green. “He knows how important it is for this team, how important every game is and how important it is that he needs to be out there. It is not necessary to tell him anything. He is very capable and he is very careful. He knows.”