Beijing time on May 2 news, Golden State Warriors 117-116 away victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, this game, one of the core warriors Drummond Green only appeared for 17 minutes before being expelled due to second-degree malicious fouls. After the game, the Warriors, Grizzlies, and referees responded to the matter.
Green was expelled for fouling Grizzlies player Clark in the second quarter of the game, as shown in the GIF above, where Green dragged Clark to the ground after jumping from the basket.
Interestingly, however, Clark didn't say much about the fouls Green made to him after the game, and he highlighted the bad deeds of Green's career vices.
"He is notorious for his malicious foul opponents. I often see him doing this on TV, so I'm not surprised that he did something like this today. Clark said.
Clark also said that today's defeat was actually a testament to their ability to make a comeback and be able to win the next game.
The referee also explained Green's decision after the game, the reason for the second degree malicious foul was mainly based on two points, on the one hand, Green hit Clark's face before the foul; on the other hand, Green then grabbed Clark's jersey and fell to the ground, and such an action was simply unnecessary, so they upgraded it to a second-level malicious foul after watching the replay.
On the Warriors side, Poole still thought it was inappropriate for Green to be awarded a second-degree malicious foul after the game, and Curry said that "no one wants to see such a thing happen, but doing that is obviously not conducive to the game itself."