Draymond Green

Anna Horford, the sister of Boston Celtics center Al Horford, took to Twitter to criticize Green for "playing dirty" in Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Chase Center ...

If Poole truly is following in Green's footsteps, that's certainly good news for the Warriors. This wouldn't be the first time that Draymond has been called a "dirty" player, but Poole? Now that's a first. Anna Horford, the sister of Boston Celtics center Al Horford, took to Twitter to criticize Green for "playing dirty" in Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Chase Center. Warriors' third-year guard Jordan Poole received a shoutout as well.

The Golden State Warriors are doing everything they can tonight to avoid going down 2-0 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals and they almost lost one of ...

Green got a technical earlier in the game so that one would have sent him to the locker room. This all happened just before halftime when Green fouled Boston’s Jaylen Brown on a 3-point attempt. The refs reviewed the play and could have given both players a technical foul.

Towards the end of what was a highly competitive first-half, Draymond Green took it upon himself to show some intensity and send a message to his opponents.

I know he takes all that stuff personally in terms of his standard and what he knows he can do out there on the floor. Just making his impact felt on the court. After a poor showing in Game 1, everybody expected Green to bounce back:

Green had fouled Brown while the wing was shooting a 3-pointer. They got tangled up on the court, and Green shoved Brown in the back. When Green was trying to ...

Celtics star Jaylen Brown had some interesting comments about Draymond Green after a physical Game 2 in the 2022 NBA Finals.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge." "No impact," Horford said, who added, "He's going to do what he does. But we've also seen plenty of scenarios where it hurts both Green and the Warriors. It's a fine line that Green walks on a nightly basis. It didn't take long for Green to cross the line in Game 2. Green always plays on the edge, but he looked extra jacked up for this matchup after a lackluster performance in the Warriors' Game 1 defeat. It was a sign of things to come for Green.

The physicality ramped up a notch on Sunday as the Celtics lost Game 2 of the NBA Finals to the Warriors. The most notable occasion came in the closing ...

I know what he’s going to try to do. “I know what Draymond is going to do. “Look forward to just coming out and playing Celtic basketball.” “Yeah, I was just being aggressive to start the game, feeling great,” Brown said. Can’t let that be the reason why in the second half I wasn’t able to be as effective, but definitely changed the game with that phantom call.” I don’t feel like I touched Gary Payton and I expressed that, but they called the foul on me. “But I don’t know what I was supposed to do there. He’s going to try to muck the game up, try to raise the level of intensity. I don’t know what that was about. That’s what he’s going to do. As both players fell to the floor, Green’s legs appeared to hit Brown in the mid-section and near his face. “But that’s what they’re going to do.

Jaylen Brown met with the media after the Boston Celtics lost Game 2 of the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night. Brown spoke about the ...

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With time winding down in the first half of Game 2 of the Finals, another difference came into focus: officiating. Golden State Warriors point-forward Draymond ...

Does Kevin Durant go to the Warriors that summer? Golden State was plus-5.0 points per 100 possessions with Draymond on the floor in that series. Days later, the league announced that Draymond would be suspended for Game 5. Wouldn't it be reasonable for a fan to wonder if this extends beyond a second technical for a star in a Finals game? Granting Draymond extra leeway seems, at the very least, odd (especially since he seems like he's already among the league leaders in leeway given). Most unbreakable record in the NBA.

Draymond Green gave the Warriors a needed "attitude adjustment" that propelled them to a bounce back Game 2 win.

"That was obviously a big shot to get the crowd into it," Curry said. "We put ourselves right back in position to take control of the series," said Green, who finished with 9 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. "Steph was breathtaking in that quarter," Kerr said. So we knew we had to keep our foot on the gas pedal and not let up, and we did that." "If I'm not sending a message, who is sending that message?" Green was intent on sending a message, not to the Boston Celtics, but one to his own team.

Draymond Green called Grant Williams a 'bozo' during Game 2 of the NBA Finals.

Green had gotten in his fair share of trash-talking and needling of Boston Celtics players throughout the game, but the highlight came during the fourth quarter. Green then looked at the crowd and called Williams a “bozo” while standing right beside him. Good thing too, because if Green was gone, who else on the Warriors would brazenly call an opponent a “bozo” like that?

After the play, Williams and Green engaged in some light shoving. Then, Green was whistled for a technical foul, his fourth technical of the playoffs. It's ...

After the play, Williams and Green engaged in some light shoving. Perhaps it wasn’t entirely surprising that he was involved in an early incident. In Game 2, it took several minutes into the first quarter before Green and Celtics forward Grant Williams got into it a little bit.

Draymond Green is an incredibly intelligent basketball player. He has been lauded for his IQ by many of the greats in the game and it has allowed him to.

While his contribution has come under the microscope for being lackluster, he did manage to not get ejected and had a historic night with his assists. The refs can't win in this situation, as it either requires them to hold their whistle or eject Draymond from high-stakes Finals games for arguing. After horrible experiences with officials in the past, it seems Draymond has figured them out.

Celtics coach Ime Udoka believes Draymond didn't receive a technical foul for the play on Jaylen Brown because of the "circumstances" that would have led to ...

The NBA would prefer both teams play at full strength. "Not surprised at all, due to the circumstances." "No, I was not surprised there was a double-technical not called," Udoka told reporters after the game.

Jaylen Brown and Draymond Green got tangled up and had a brief scuffle during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Warriors.

Boston is looking to take a commanding 2-0 series lead before heading back to TD Garden for Game 3 on Wednesday. Green received a technical foul earlier in the game following a dust-up with Grant Williams. He was not given a tech for the incident with Brown, who stepped to the line for three free-throw attempts. Toward the end of the first half, C's swingman Jaylen Brown was fouled on a 3-point attempt by Warriors forward Draymond Green. The two got tangled up after the play, leading to a brief scuffle in which both players had to be held back.

The Golden State Warriors did everything they could Sunday night to avoid going down 2-0 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.

I don't know what that was about. But I don't know what I was supposed to do there. The refs reviewed the play and could have given both players a technical foul but elected not to issue any.

A fiery star tests some limits in carrying Golden State over Boston in Game 2.

In the second quarter, he fouled the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown on a 3-point attempt before they fell to the court in a tangled heap and appeared to shove each other. And we ultimately knew if we go out and play our game, we put ourselves right back in position to take control of the series.” (The last straw was striking LeBron James in the groin.) Golden State lost that game — Green had to watch it on television from a luxury suite at the baseball stadium next door — and then the next two as the Cleveland Cavaliers stormed back to win their first and only championship. “I think we’re in a great mental space,” Green said. But you feel him in his presence, and the other team feels his presence and his intensity, and that’s contagious for all of us.” “I don’t know what I was supposed to do there,” Brown said. As for that fine line — the one that most players know they should not cross, especially in the postseason — Green used to have more trouble negotiating it, believe it or not. The pros far outweigh the cons, unless you are an opposing player, in which he case he can be one of the most irritating people on the planet. By the end of the night, his body of work — however polarizing his behavior — helped clear the path for Golden State’s 107-88 victory, which tied the finals at a game apiece before Game 3 on Wednesday in Boston. A tenacious defender and immensely skilled passer, he has already helped the team win three titles — and now, amid their renaissance, aspires for more. “I think we talk about how some of that stuff doesn’t always show up in the stat sheet in terms of points, rebounds, assists. How Green treats the line depends on the circumstances, but also on his mood.

The first sign Game 2 of the NBA Finals was going Golden State's way came on the first possession.

You got to be about what you talk about, and I take pride in that.” Jordan Poole had the play of the night, a 39-footer to end the third quarter. “You have to send a message,” Green said. “I mean, he’s going to do what he does,” Horford said after Game 2. “When he’s out there getting steals, getting blocks, getting assists, it makes the game easier for everybody.” It’s nothing to be surprised about. “We couldn’t go into Boston being down 2-0,” Warriors guard Gary Payton II said. Hockey has what’s called a Gordie Howe hat trick, when somebody has a goal, an assist and a fighting penalty in the same game. We’re going to do what we do, focus on us. “Draymond played a huge role in that.” The biggest contribution from Green, who took only three shots all night: He might have gotten into Boston’s head. He lights it and everybody else follows, and tonight was one of those big nights that everybody responded.”

Mark Murphy: Brown on his Draymond encounter: "I don't know what I was supposed to do there. Somebody got their legs on the top of your head and then he ...

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Green and Brown got tangled up late in the first half of Game 2.

“I don’t know what I was supposed to do there,” Brown said to reporters. The referees didn’t hand out any technicals from the incident, which was meaningful because Green already had a technical from the Williams incident. The first was an incident in the first quarter when he got tangled up with Grant Williams, resulting in a technical foul. I don’t know what that was about. “He’ll pull you. A second technical would've ejected Green from the game.

Green promised everything would be different after Boston's Game 1 win, as the annoying forward turned up everywhere he was needed to even the series.

Green was not going to let anything go, not on this night, and he remained steadfast in his determination to keep the waters roiling. "I have to continue to do that in this series. Horford was understandably dismissive of the notion that Green's antics might have infiltrated his psyche and those of his teammates: "No impact. He stripped Al Horford of the ball in the first quarter on a drive to the lane so forcefully it appeared to break Horford's spirit. Green sat in the interview room after Game 1 and ran down the Celtics' shooting stats. He said the Celtics needed to "feel" him more, and he went out and unleashed a sensory experience comparable to standing under a waterfall. Green repeatedly waved the stat sheet and shook his head. "Some of that stuff doesn't always show up in the stat sheet," Curry said. "We knew we had to keep our foot on the gas pedal and not let up," Green said. SAN FRANCISCO -- Draymond Green faced the marrow-level dread of going down two games to none in the NBA Finals by arriving for Sunday's Game 2 determined to be annoying as hell for as long as it took. Put it this way: The man got a well-deserved technical foul midway through the first quarter on a play in which the call went his way. He continued to hold every entanglement with Celtics players -- there were many -- just a second or two longer than recommended.

Green was intent on sending a message, not to the Boston Celtics but one to his own team. Setting the tone by harassing Celtics ball handlers and talking plenty ...

"That was obviously a big shot to get the crowd into it," Curry said. "We put ourselves right back in position to take control of the series," said Green, who finished with nine points, seven assists and five rebounds. "Steph was breathtaking in that quarter," Kerr said. Green was intent on sending a message, not to the Boston Celtics but one to his own team. "If I'm not sending a message, who is sending that message?" Curry said Green actually began setting the tone for the Warriors minutes after their 120-108 loss in Game 1.