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Will Draymond Green Get Ban For This Ugly Crotch Shot?
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NBA Playoffs Second-Round
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (3) Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma Leads Series 2-1
Game 4 -- Tues. May 24, 9 p.m., TNT
Game 5 -- Thurs. May 26, 9 p.m., ESPN
Game 6 -- Sat. May 28, TBD, TNT Game 7 -- Mon. May 30, TBD, TNT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (2) Toronto Raptors
Cleveland Leads Series 2-1
Game 4 -- Mon. May 23, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 5 -- Wed. May 25, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 6 -- Fri. May 27, TBD, ESPN Game 7 -- Sun. May 29, TBD, ESPN
Draymond Green often has been called the glue that keeps the Warriors together.
But Sunday in Game 3, he was one of the reasons the de-
LeBron James Quotes Jay Z In Postgame Press Conference
LEBRON JAMES And JAY Z
LeBron James was in- volved in a scuffle in the second quarter of the Cavaliers’ 99–84 Game 3 loss to the Raptors on Saturday, and was fouled hard by Bismack Biyombo later.
After the game, James was asked about his mentality after said fouls, and his tendency not to react with physicality toward other players. He told reporters that he plays a couple of lines from Jay Z’s “Streets is Watching” in his head.
“I always think back to the Jay Z phrase, and a line he had of, ‘If I shoot you, then I’m brainless. If you shoot me, you’re famous. What am I to do?’ So, that always plays in my head any time I feel like I want to react. I’ve got to keep my brain.”
DRAYMOND GREEN
fending NBA champs unrav- eled in shocking, almost un- fathomable fashion.
Again, Green wasn’t the main culprit why the Warriors were humbled lambs before the Thunder who steamrolled their way to an overwhelming 133-105 victory that was downright ruthless in its fe- rocity, totality and efficiency.
Green, just as the game began getting away from the Warriors for good, was as-
sessed a Flagrant 1 foul for kicking Thunder center Steven Adams in the groin after being fouled on a shot.
“It was an important play, but when you lose by this much, you can’t point to one play as being the difference, obviously,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who at one point succinctly summed up the night. “We got our butts kicked.”
With Cleveland’s Dahntay Jones being suspended one game by the league earlier in the day for striking Raptors center Bismack Biyombo, the problems for Green and the Warriors may only be be- ginning — and that with trail- ing by 25 at the half after missing their last 11 shots, being down 37 after three quarters and 41 in the fourth.
NBA Fines Dwane Casey, Suspends Dahntay Jones 1 Game
TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey was fined $25,000 for his criticism of the officiating, and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dahntay Jones was suspended for Game 4 for his low blow on Bismack Biyombo.
The NBA announced the fine and suspension on Sun- day.
Casey repeatedly refer- enced a disparity in foul calls during the Eastern Confer- ence Finals following the Raptors' 99-84 Game 3 win. The Raptors have been called for 73 personal fouls, com- pared to Cleveland's 46 fouls in three games.
"I'm not trying to get any- body -- it's over with," Casey said Sunday when asked about the officiating. "I said what I had to say last night. I'm not trying to send a mes- sage. It was a comment about the game last night, and it's
DWANE CASEY
over with."
Jones struck Biyombo in
the groin on the final posses- sion of the game, with 17.6 seconds left, and that left Biyombo doubled over in pain on the floor in front of the Cavs bench even after the game ended.
"IgothitinanareathatI wasn't supposed to get hit on, or a private area, so to speak," Biyombo said after Game 3. "Whenever the league has a chance, they probably want to take a look at that. That's all I can say on that one."
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