The Golden State Warriors lost their starting forward, Draymond Green, midway through the game against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
Green landed a couple of technical fouls, which led to his ejection.
Doubling up on techs for the night, Green is now tied for the second-most technical fouls on the season. He joins Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic with nine.
The leader for the stat is the Phoenix Suns’ standout guard, Dillon Brooks. The enforcer-style veteran has 12 technical fouls for the year so far.
Why Did Draymond Green Get Ejected?
All it took was some consistent arguing with referees for Green to pick up the second technical foul, which led to his early exit.
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The veteran forward left the game with a little over two minutes left to go in the second quarter of the Saturday night matchup against the rebuilding Jazz.
Green left the game after seeing the court for just 12 minutes. He shot 3-4 from the field and went 1-1 from the charity stripe, scoring eight total points. He also had three rebounds, two assists, and one block before going back to the locker room.
At the half, the Jazz lead the Warriors 65-58. For the second night in a row, the Warriors are going to have to roll without Green for a large part of the game.
On Friday night, the Warriors hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder. They were quite shorthanded, missing a handful of players, including Green. Steve Kerr and the Warriors gave the veteran forward a night of rest. Unfortunately, he’ll get some additional unplanned rest on Saturday as well.