On May 2, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued, and the Western Conference semifinals officially began. The Grizzlies are at home against the Warriors, and both sides want to win the Opening Reds in the Western Conference Semifinals, which also makes the confrontation on the court more and more intense. In the second quarter of the game, there was a hot scene on the field, and Dream Green was finally expelled by the referee!
The reason for this is that towards the end of the second quarter, the Warriors are still behind. The warriors who are anxious to chase points naturally have a change in mentality. Dream Green directly grabbed Clark's clothes when he was preparing to go to the basket during a defensive attack, and this time the air pull caused Clark to fall to the ground, and the referee directly blew the game to stop and go to watch the video replay.
In the end, the referee awarded Green a second-degree malicious foul, and Green was directly expelled by the referee. Originally, the Warriors were on the backward side, and the splash brothers Curry and Thompson could not find the shooting touch in the first half of the game. Now, Green has been ousted again, which has made the Warriors very passive. However, Green's foul action is indeed too dangerous, which is why he was expelled from the game.
One thing to remember is that this game was played at home to the Grizzlies. When they saw Green's foul action, the Grizzlies home fans were all displeased, shouting: "Hurry up and get Green out!" "At that time, the referee was still watching the video replay, and the home fans kept putting pressure on the referee. Although Green repeatedly stressed that he did not mean it, from the slow motion point of view, the conviction of second-degree malicious foul was indeed a cause.
After Green was ousted, his playing time was also fixed at 17 minutes and 01 seconds. In this limited time, Green shot 2-of-3, with 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, which is a relatively good player for the Warriors. But sadly, Green paid the price for his impulsive behavior and failed to stay on the court to help the Warriors. If the Warriors don't win the game in the end, I believe Green himself will feel very guilty.
It is worth mentioning that Warriors coach Kerr and the star Curry are very dissatisfied with the decision, and they go to the referee theory. Curry directly exploded: "This is TM crazy! Cole kept stressing that this was not a second-degree malicious foul, at most a first-degree malicious foul, and Green should not be expelled!