NBA reviews LeBron, Draymond Green incident, rules Green is suspended

Arthur Weinstein

NBA reviews LeBron, Draymond Green incident, rules Green is suspended image

The NBA reviewed the incident between LeBron James and Draymond Green in Friday night's NBA Finals game, and decided Sunday that Green will be suspended for one game.

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The league determined his altercation with James resulted in a Flagrant Foul 1 and because it's his fourth flagrant foul point of the postseason, he will have to sit out Game 5 Monday night in Oakland. If the league ruled he committed a Flagrant 2, he would have been suspended for the next two games.

Golden State won Friday, 108-97, to go up 3-1 in the series.

The incident under review started when James tried to fight through Green's pick and Green went down on the floor. As James stepped past Green, the Warriors forward swung his arm and appeared to strike James in the groin. The two players then fought for the rebound and were called for offsetting fouls. At that point, James and Green traded words and were separated by teammates.

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Green has already been hit with a flagrant foul in the postseason, for kicking Thunder center Steven Adams between the legs in the Eastern Conference Finals.

 

 

Arthur Weinstein