Draymond Green gets flagrant foul for ‘inadvertent’ contact with Tari Eason’s head

Draymond Inexperienced narrowly prevented an automated ejection within the first half of Recreation 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets within the first spherical of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Inexperienced acquired a technical foul for a scuffle with Dillon Brooks within the second quarter. Minutes later, Inexperienced was concerned in one other controversial sequence with Rockets ahead Tari Eason that led to the Warriors star getting hit with a flagrant-1, however avoiding an automated ejection that will have come together with his second technical.

Eason stripped the ball from Inexperienced, and because the two gamers dove on the ground for the unfastened ball, Inexperienced rolled over on Eason and dropped his leg on his head. Inexperienced then grabbed Eason’s jersey because the Rockets ahead was getting up. The refs reviewed the play, and decided that Inexperienced’s kick was inadvertent. He would have kicked out of the sport with a flagrant-2 name or with one other technical foul, however the flagrant-1 willpower allowed him to maintain taking part in.

Watch Inexperienced’s flagrant foul right here and resolve for your self if it was inadvertent contact.

Right here’s one other take a look at the play from a special angle.

That is one other basic Draymond second within the NBA Playoffs. It seems like there have been lots of of comparable performs by way of the years, however this time Inexperienced prevented the ejection.

Right here’s a take a look at the technical foul from earlier within the recreation that led to Inexperienced and Brooks each getting technical fouls.

Not everybody was shopping for that Inexperienced deserved to remain within the recreation because the tensions escalated. Right here’s a small sampling of the social media response to Inexperienced’s newest rumble.

The Warriors lead the collection 2-1 going into Recreation 4.