Unraveling the case of Draymond Green and the disappearing technical foul

The referees officiating Game 4 of the NBA Finals took responsibility for the confusion involving Draymond Green and how many technical fouls he had.

Rather than it being Green's second technical foul - as it was listed on the stat sheet, and had been told to all of Quicken Loans Arena by the public address announcer - the officials huddled and determined that it was, in fact, his first. While Draymond's mom may believe that the refs were determined to do all they could make the series go back to Golden State, the Warriors were the ones who held the slight edge in free attempts, 36-31. "In the moment, I thought I had verbalized to the table that the technical foul was on Coach Kerr".

Goble said he thought he had verbalized to the table that the initial technical was on Kerr, but said after watching the video that he should have done a better job with that. But I thought I heard the announcer say, the PA announcer say that it was on Draymond.

When asked about how much the fans have repeatedly heckled him, Green took it as a form of flattery. "So then I thought the second one Draymond was going to get kicked out, but they explained that the first one was on me". But thank you, ABC, for getting that on camera.

Green: "Yeah, I knew". "But still trying to figure out why I got the 'second" one".

So even though Friday was a bad night for the Warriors, at least they head home with good news. "I appreciate y'all. I'm having a great time right now". Goble indicated that he "failed to properly communicate" that Kerr was the recipient of the technical and not Green. "I know Draymond is aware and that he wouldn't do anything if he had a technical".

"I don't pay that much attention to anybody in Cleveland, honestly", he said.

For several minutes, however, the only people who seemed to know that in the entire arena were the three officials.