That cut Golden State's lead to 3-1, but as usual Green's stats were only a small chapter of his story.
"That play?" Green said, his voice rising. Afterwards, the Warriors All-Star forward fired back.
Green had a bit of a laugh over the confusion surrounding the technical foul he received in the middle of the third quarter. The lack of control was highlighted by barking between Kevin Durant and LeBron James after Durant suffered a knock to the head from Kevin Love, an exchange after Zaza Pachulia appeared to land a groin shot on Iman Shumpert, and both sides' constant displeasure with foul calls.
The reporter responded that he was looking at the box score, that had Green registered for two technical fouls. Then you have Green, who is able to have technical fouls erased mid-game.
Game 4 Friday was a physically demanding, emotionally draining 48-minute exercise that took almost three hours.
Then he dropped the line about the fans not being the "sharpest people around".
Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers to win NBA title
Tristan Thompson's 15 points for Cleveland in game five surpassed his tally in the the first four games combined (13 ). During the trophy ceremony, Kerr said, "I want to say a special thank you to Mike Brown and my whole coaching staff".
"The first tech was on Steve, which I didn't understand".
But it turned out that the one everyone thought Green had received in the first quarter actually was assessed to Warriors Coach Steve Kerr.
This time, James and Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving dragged the team to one dominant victory, in Game Four, while they blew an 11-point lead in Game Three. "After looking at the video, I did not verbalize to the table, and looking at the video, I should have done a better job of making sure that the table knew the technical foul was on coach Kerr". "In the moment, I thought I had verbalized to the table that the technical foul was on Coach Kerr".
Draymond had been whistled for a technical in the first half, after, you guessed it, arguing a call. "So for us to be able to do it in front of our home crowd, something I'll remember for a very long time". "When stuff gets going like that, I think sometimes it energizes the other team and takes him out of his rhythm".
It looks like Cavaliers fans didn't take the 118-113 last minute loss lightly following the NBA Finals Game 3 on Wednesday. That gave him an accumulation of flagrant foul points and forced him to sit out Game 5 as the Warriors lost their chance to clinch the series, and they eventually fell in seven games.
Listen, even as a Warriors fan, this is some really bad looks for the National Basketball Association. If you come into the game chanting my name, you be at home thinking about me.
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