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NBA Twitter Was Furious Over Draymond Green’s Flagrant 2 Call
With 1:18 remaining in the second quarter of yesterday’s Game 1 between the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green was ejected after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul.
The call was very controversial, and the foul occurred as Brandon Clarke leaped into the air to attempt an easy 2-point basket, and Green tried to disrupt Clarke by dragging his jersey and pulling him down to the ground.
DRAYMOND GREEN EJECTED FOR THIS (via @ActionNetworkHQ)pic.twitter.com/CHHJdei8Od
— Overtime (@overtime) May 1, 2022
Just like Draymond and the rest of the Warriors, NBA fans were also rightfully irate at Green’s ejection, leading to NBA Twitter reacting accordingly.
steph can’t help but smile as the refs make the bs call of throwing draymond out the game pic.twitter.com/2zXCbUsKGC
— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 1, 2022
Draymond Green gets ejected for a grab and yank of Brandon Clarke’s jersey. Warriors bench is stunned. Steph Curry to the referees: “That’s f****** crazy.” They thought it’d be a flagrant 1 maximum.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 1, 2022
There’s no way Draymond Green should be ejected for that.
That is one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen in an NBA playoff game.
— Bonta Hill (@BontaHill) May 1, 2022
Soft league for ejecting Draymond Green for that. League should be ashamed
— Kristian Winfield #NFTAllStar (@Krisplashed) May 1, 2022
Draymond Green right now: pic.twitter.com/pFn8vveNfH
— ⑦ ①① (@Iknowballlilbro) May 1, 2022
LMAOOOOO at Draymond putting on a show as he exits. It’s ridiculous that’s a flagrant 2 though. Absurd
— Kevin O’Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 1, 2022
That is the worst Flagrant 2 call I have ever seen. You don’t eject Draymond Green in a playoff game like this over that foul. Fucking ridiculous
— Lakers All Day Long (@ladlofficial) May 1, 2022
they kicked out draymond?????????????????? wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) May 1, 2022
Can’t believe Draymond got tossed for that
— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) May 1, 2022
1. The Grizzlies played much closer to their regular season identity than they did in Round 1. Good on them.
2. The Draymond ejection just cannot happen. These are the playoffs. Ejecting a player has to be a last resort/unavoidable decision. The impact is too great.
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) May 1, 2022
That’s a Draymond call. No one else is getting that Flagrant 2.
— Austin Krell (@NBAKrell) May 1, 2022
Feels like someone with a foul so harsh they need to be ejected wouldn’t try to stop the player he fouled from hitting the ground that hard. And I’m no Draymond fan. But that wasn’t bad enough to eject from a playoff game
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) May 1, 2022
