Warriors’ Draymond Green Ejected After Suns Altercation

Draymond Green was ejected with 10 minutes left in the third quarter of the Warriors' Monday night game against the Phoenix Suns at Chase Center in San Francisco. Khaman Maluach knocked Green to the floor under the hoop; Green got up, wrapped Maluach up and threw him down, drawing a technical. Dillon Brooks sprinted from the top of the key to confront him. Green grabbed Brooks by the jersey near the neck. Officials gave Green a second technical and an automatic ejection and assessed Brooks a technical. Green finished with 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 17 minutes as Golden State trailed. ABC30's Anthony Slater puts him at 31 career ejections—23 regular-season and 8 playoff—over 15 years, and notes three technicals in six games this season. One source omits the steal from his line. Officials called the Maluach play a "throwdown," per ABC30. A separate fourth-quarter incident between Miles Bridges and Charles Bassey brought a technical for Bridges. Sporting News said Steve Kerr will have to talk to Green. Accounts noted prior tension between Green and Brooks. No center- or right-rated coverage is in the record.