On the way to their second straight loss, the Golden State Warriors lost a key member during their contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers due to a controversial ejection on Saturday night.
After a lengthy replay review, Draymond Green was retroactively assessed with his second technical foul against the Cavaliers resulting in an ejection. Green recieved an ejection although the review was initially based on a foul Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell committed.
Following a Caris LeVert bucket in the third quarter. Mitchell charged at Green, fouling him hard while the Golden State forward dribbled the ball up the court. Mitchell gestured towards the other side of the court, appearing to be upset about something that previously happened.
Before LeVert’s bucket seconds prior, Mitchell went crashing to the floor after Green appeared to shove the guard in the lane. While Green and Mitchell jawed at each other at center court, Mitchell’s previous foul went into review to determine whether it would be considered flagrant.
Although Mitchell’s foul was ruled a common foul, Green was assessed his second technical for his action on the other side of the court. Despite no foul being called in real time, a technical was given to Green on review.
Following Green’s exit from the floor, the NBA community on Twitter chimed in with different reactions. Here’s a look at what fans and analysts were saying on Friday night.
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Donovan Mitchell’s reaction to Draymond Green’s ejection 🤣
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 12, 2023
Basically, Mitchell's intentional foul gets the replay which gets Draymond ejected. That… is odd. https://t.co/sVXgYetaLT
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) November 12, 2023
"I had never heard of this rule."
Kerr shared his thoughts on Draymond retroactively receiving a technical, leading to an ejection pic.twitter.com/3uY7XaK7YD
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 12, 2023
Here’s the explanation for Draymond’s second technical foul/ejection
Thoughts? 🤔pic.twitter.com/XlwRSa0Plx
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) November 12, 2023
Draymond’s inside team should be drafting a letter to the league right now. There is no other active player that would get a tech based on a play that already happened 💯
— Allen Stiles (@The_StilesFiles) November 12, 2023
Draymond Green was ejected after getting chippy with the Cavs 😳 pic.twitter.com/1EsjrpQhwi
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 12, 2023
Draymond Green and Donovan Mitchell are having fun. pic.twitter.com/jiykwv2o1p
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) November 12, 2023
The way Draymond can get into players head’s need to be studied pic.twitter.com/6lioauF42j
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) November 12, 2023
Draymond Ejected. My full Play-By-Play. #Warriors #draymondgreen pic.twitter.com/64UHaButpm
— Damon Bruce (@DamonBruce) November 12, 2023
How stupid is a replay system if reviewing to see how hard Draymond was fouled results in going back further and ejecting him after the fact.
That is so stupid.
— Golden State of Mind (@unstoppablebaby) November 12, 2023
It's always strange that the officials allow Draymond to talk and yell at them more than almost anyone else, but also find ways to give him techs and eject him when it seems like a major stretch.
— Steve Berman (@BASportsGuy) November 12, 2023
The referees ejected Draymond Green from the game for this exchange…
Donovan Mitchell did not receive a tech. pic.twitter.com/GJSqiYX5YM
— Guru (@DrGuru_) November 12, 2023
Draymond may be from Saginaw but Donovan attended Greenwich Country Day. He’s not backing down. Don’t mess with kids from the 203. https://t.co/unnWjcZMsN
— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) November 12, 2023
GPII: "There's Draymond. There's the Draymond we know." 😆
pic.twitter.com/4YGQel6Ig1 https://t.co/h0BCnL2GEM
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) November 12, 2023
The "Poor Draymond!" stuff has to stop. He commits so many T's that he gets away with more than anybody else – like the "Bad Boy" Pistons with personal fouls. Then we he gets called for one, he acts like a victim. It's ludicrous.
— Kevin Whitey Gleason (@whiteygleason) November 12, 2023
Draymond had received a tech and was begging for another.
He's gone now. https://t.co/NjWAxB3xL3
— Deuce Mason (@DeuceMason) November 12, 2023
that only happens to draymond where they review a play and then double check a *previous* play that was never being reviewed lol https://t.co/4oMPXwQXl6
— Danny Kerr (@_dannykerr) November 12, 2023
