TAKE THE BLAME
Draymond Green breaks silence after latest NBA ejection in Warriors-Magic before Steph Curry’s fuming reaction
Draymond Green's ejection caused one of his teammates to break down on the court
GOLDEN State Warriors forward Draymond Green has spoken out after his latest ejection.
Green was tossed just minutes into the Golden State Warriors-Orlando Magic game on Wednesday, the 19th regular season ejection of his career.
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The 34-year-old has said he is willing to take the blame for his ejection after fouling out with less than four minutes played.
Green took issue with being called for a personal foul, and then fought with officials again after teammate Steph Curry was called for a shooting foul.
Green received a technical foul after yelling at official Ray Acosta and quickly received a second for continuing his rage. This caused him to be ejected.
"It just can't happen," Green said Thursday on 'The Draymond Green Show' podcast.
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"I said what I said. I deserved to be kicked out at that point. If I'm all the way honest with y'all, kind of was trying to turn my body and angle it to go to the bench.
"But I said what I said a little too soon before angling my body. But, yeah, it just can't happen."
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr agreed that Green deserved to be kicked out of the game, and called him out for his actions in the postgame press conference.
"Too bad. It was unfortunate. He deserved it," Kerr said after Wednesday's game.
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"He'll bounce back. I'm just proud of the guys for stepping up."
Curry was captured on the sideline during the incident, clearly fed up with his teammte.
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The 36-year-old was moved to tears after his teammate was removed from the game, which fans attributed to his frustrations boiling over.
"When you realize the divorce is inevitable," one fan said.
"Yeah Steph feeling that Bron feeling, having to do it all himself," another fan said.
"Made that man cry smh he mad and frustrated I know them type of tears," a third fan said.
"The face of someone who’s tired of draymond s*** hopefully," a fourth fan said.
The Warriors were able to rally and take home a win 101-93 over the Magic despite losing Green early in the game.
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