Warriors' Draymond Green appears to whack Jalen Green's head during playoff loss to Rockets

Just a fewer days ago, the Golden State Warriors held a commanding 3-1 pb successful a first-round playoff bid against the Houston Rockets.

On Friday, the Warriors saw that pb dissolve arsenic the Rockets held connected for a Game 6 triumph to necktie the Western Conference postseason bid astatine 3-3. 

But the hard-fought crippled was marred by Draymond Green's latest hard foul.

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) battles for presumption with Houston Rockets halfway Steven Adams (12) successful the 4th fourth of Game 6 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco May 2, 2025. (Cary Edmondson/Imagn Images)

Referees whistled Green conscionable 3 minutes into the archetypal 4th aft helium fouled Rockets defender Jalen Green. The four-time NBA champion attempted to acceptable a surface for Steph Curry erstwhile helium became mixed up with the Rockets' Green.

Video replays appeared to amusement the Warriors prima making interaction with Green's caput arsenic helium attempted to get untangled from the Rockets guard. Golden State's Green pleaded his lawsuit with referees aft helium heard the whistle, but officials rapidly assessed the Warriors guardant with an violative foul.

After a review, officials determined the violative foul needed to beryllium changed to a flagrant foul.

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The telephone granted the 23-year-old Rockets prima a travel to the foul line, wherever helium made some of his 2 escaped propulsion attempts. Houston was besides fixed the adjacent possession.

Houston Rockets defender Jalen Green (4) shoots the shot betwixt Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) and defender Gary Payton II (0) successful the 2nd 4th of Game 6 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco, May 2, 2025. (Cary Edmondson/Imagn Images)

The 2 players besides had a heated speech earlier successful the series. Just moments aft the Warriors secured a 104-93 triumph successful Game 3, Draymond appeared to taunt Jalen. Other Warriors and Rockets players yet intervened. 

Draymond finished the crippled with 7 points and went 0-4 from beyond the three-point line. Houston's Green pointed retired the longtime Warriors star's less-than-stellar Game 3 show successful a postgame property conference.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green reacts aft a play against the Houston Rockets successful the 2nd 4th of Game 6 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco May 2, 2025. (Cary Edmondson/Imagn Images)

"Just talking," Jalen Green said successful notation to the heated moment. "He can’t truly bash overmuch of thing else, truthful talking is his lone way."

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Draymond was besides assessed a flagrant foul successful Game 4 of the bid aft helium rolled implicit Tari Eason and appeared to footwear the Rockets forward.

Game 7 volition beryllium played Sunday nighttime successful Houston.

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