OAKLAND – The tension escalated as soon as Washington guard Bradley Beal put his hands on Warriors forward Draymond Green.
Within seconds, Beal went from boxing out Green toward tangling with him altogether. At one point, Beal appeared to punch Green in the face. And after officials separated the two, Green and Beal were issued fighting technicals that resulted in immediate ejections late in the first half of the Warriors’ 120-117 win over the Washington Wizards on Friday at the Oracle.
That marked Green’s second time he has left the game prematurely. Green missed the entire fourth quarter of the Warriors’ season-opening loss to Houston after suffering an injury to his left knee, an ailment that has since healed.