Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry isn’t surprised that the NBA decided against downgrading Dubs forward Draymond Green’s flagrant-2 foul Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Stephen Curry was sarcastically responded to the news as the two flagrant points remaining for his teammate. Green was assessed a flagrant-2 and subsequently ejected from the game for a foul against Brandon Clarke.
The veteran forward appeared to his podcast after the game to address the decision from the officials, hoping to rescind the flagrant-2 to flagrant-1. Green posted six points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals in 17 minutes before exiting.
“Good thing about what we do and hopefully what Draymond can do is just put it behind him, continue to be himself, play his game, impact the game like he knows how to do, but it’s obviously not shocking,” Curry told reporters.
Players who get four flagrant foul points in the postseason must serve an automatic one-game suspension. Green has already two under his belt this postseason. The forward felt the effect of the point system when he was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
Despite Green’s ejection, the Warriors ended up winning the game in the final 25 minutes without the veteran star. They are up 1-0 in the series and will play in Memphis for Game 2 on Tuesday.
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