Draymond Green's mom is justifying her son's actions at Warriors practice last week ... saying he only hit Jordan Poole because he was shoved in the first place.
Mary Babers-Green went to social media to give her two cents on the wild incident ... and essentially puts the blame on how Poole handled their interaction, claiming Draymond was not trying to pick a fight.
"That wasn't a Sucker punch," Babers-Green said on Monday. "Dray didn't aggressively go to Poole. His hands were down. Man to Man you go over to talk (to ask what's up, what you say)!