A lengthy history of technical fouls has earned Draymond Green a less-than-enviable reputation among referees. Green reckons that the latest example of officials targeting him came in the first quarter of the Warriors’ win Monday afternoon over Cleveland, when he was assessed a technical for asking a question.
Midway through the first period, after Cavaliers point guard Jose Calderon was called for a foul, Kevin Durant appeared to shove Calderon with the ball. The problem: Little more than a minute earlier, Durant had gotten a technical for jawing with a referee. Giving him a second technical for moving Calderon would’ve meant ejecting Durant from the NBA’s featured game on its most-viewed day of the regular season.