On Sunday, the NBA suspended Draymond Green for game 5 of the NBA Finals after again he hit LeBron James intentionally in the groin.
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The NBA Finals 2016 are heating up as the Cleveland Cavaliers are set to meet the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of finals. Golden State took a commanding 3-1 lead in the series thanks to a 108-97 win on Friday in Game 4 in Cleveland. The All-Star forward was banished for a game based on the overall number of flagrant foul points he has accrued this postseason.
In the post game press conference, James said he was more upset about what Green said. The league went back and reviewed a scuffle between LeBron James and Draymond Green.
“There’s definitely some things you can’t say to another man”, J.R. Smith said.
Now, you would expect the National Basketball Association to finally realize that Draymond is a dirty player and they would rip him, but they DEFENDED him while punishing him at the same time. “I’m not going to back down”.
The play in question occurred with 2:48 remaining, after James stepped over Green. It’s all in competition. I guess his feelings just got hurt. They still have a great team, and we have to come out and play basketball. Being a guy with pride, a guy with three kids and a family and things of that nature, some things just get overboard and that’s where he took it.
Green entered the finals one flagrant foul or two technicals short of a mandated suspension.
“We still have to play”, said Coach Tyronn Lue. “It’s an unfortunate situation him getting caught with LeBron on top of him”. He was protecting himself.
“If you don’t think we can win, don’t get on the plane”.
James, meanwhile, received a technical foul for physically taunting Green during the altercation.
“Something like that you’re unaware”. “It’s not anything I’m going to comment on”. I called Warriors in six games, but up until this point the Warriors have simply looked like the better team. We’ll figure out the plays we need to run and kind of the flow we need to have on the offensive end. “His suspension doesn’t make us win”. All-around forward Draymond Green was assessed of a flagrant 1 foul that will sidelined him in Game 5.
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“Obviously people have feelings and people’s feelings get hurt even if they’re called a bad word”, Thompson said.
