BOSTON — With four minutes remaining in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Marcus Smart emerged with an offensive rebound from a six-player scrum that left Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry hobbled. Draymond Green shoved the Boston Celtics guard, earning his sixth personal foul. Before taking his seat on Golden State's bench, Green gave referee Courtney Kirkland an earful, only this time nobody was listening.
Green was the aggressor in Game 2, and his Warriors embodied their vocal leader's brash behavior in a blowout victory. Afterward, he reveled in the "differential treatment" he said he has earned from officials for his ability to walk the line between physical basketball and ejection-worthy antics.