Green calls tech 'crazy'; Steph gets one in support

MINNEAPOLIS -- Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green was not blessed erstwhile helium got slapped with a method foul successful the waning seconds of the Warriors' 137-114 triumph implicit the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Sunday evening.

Green, who finished the crippled with 19 points and 11 assists for his archetypal double-double of the season, was fixed a method foul with 1:19 near successful the 4th fourth aft Jordan Poole drove to the hoop and finished with a floating layup. Green, who was connected the bench, mimicked Poole's question arsenic helium hopped up and down, moving somewhat onto the court.

This was Green's seventh method foul of the season. If a subordinate reaches 16 techs, helium volition beryllium suspended for 1 game.

"It's crazy. I astir apt got 4 techs this twelvemonth that are questionable," Green said aft the game. "They told maine I was astatine the lane line, but I thought I was lasting successful the corner. So I don't know. It sucks, though."

Less than 1 infinitesimal later, Stephen Curry got called for a method for moving connected the tribunal and waving his towel aft Donte DiVincenzo deed a 3 -- a motion of enactment for Green.

Green said helium "absolutely" appreciated Curry's effort to beryllium a point.

"It's the NBA, man," Green said. "Your teammates marque a bully move, I didn't impact the play. There was nary 1 adjacent me. So it sucks. And the information that that's going to number against my tech count? Common, that's ridiculous."