Draymond Green got into an argument with the referee on Wednesday night and was ejected less than four minutes into the Warriors’ win over the Magic, but on Thursday the power forward expressed remorse for his actions. expressed his intention.
On Thursday’s episode of “The Draymond Green Show,” The Golden State star said he wished he had handled things differently than official Ray Acosta.
“That can’t happen. I said what I said. I deserved to be kicked out at that point,” Green said on the podcast. “I wish I could have turned my body and angle it and go to the bench, but that’s not going to happen.”
During Wednesday’s first quarter, Green got into an argument with Acosta after his first foul was called.
The jawing continued after Stephen Curry was called for a shooting foul, and Green got in Acosta’s face and yelled at him.
One technical foul didn’t stop him, and Acosta gave him his second goal, ending Green’s night just over three and a half minutes into the game.
Crew chief Mitchell Irvin told reporters after the game that the second technical foul was given because “after an extended period of taunts, Green directed a flagrant and disrespectful shot at the game officials.” Ta.
It was Green’s fourth ejection of the season, a career-high for the Warriors veteran, and his second ejection of the year came in the first quarter.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Green is the first player to be ejected at least four times in a season since Kevin Durant in 2017-18.
Durant was ejected five times that season.
“I’m not going to overreact and be like, ‘Oh my God!'” Green said on the podcast. “Things aren’t as good as they seem, and they’re not as bad as they seem. I know where I am. I understand what I’m going to do. And my position is that it’s an exception. It’s about making sure it’s a rule and not a rule.”
The Warriors won 101-93 even though Green missed almost the entire game.
Andrew Wiggins led Golden State with 23 points, while Curry and Klay Thompson added 17 and 15 points, respectively.
The Warriors remain the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference, one game ahead of the Rockets, who are on a 10-game winning streak.
