moranelkarifnews : NBA playoffs: Draymond Green narrowly avoids ejection after heated first half with Rockets in Game 4

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Draymond Green got into a bit of trouble early on Monday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

Though he managed to avoid an ejection in the first half of the Golden State Warriors’ Game 4 matchup with the Houston Rockets, he did so just barely after getting into back-to-back altercations that felt like they were a few games in the making.

The first popped off after Green and Stephen Curry got into it with Houston forward Dillon Brooks in the second quarter. After Green set a hard screen on Amen Thompson, Brooks hip-checked Curry and sent him down to the floor. Curry, taunting a bit, threw up two fingers at Brooks after he was called for a foul. Brooks then tried to grab the ball out of Curry’s hands, which sparked the incident and sent plenty of people rushing in to break it up.

In the end, Curry, Green and Brooks were all hit with technical fouls.

Then just a few minutes later, Green got into another altercation with Tari Eason. Green fell on top of Eason and drilled him directly in the head with his feet after they were fighting for a loose ball — which sparked another, though less severe, dust up. Green held on to Eason’s collar briefly and then looked like he was going to lift him up by the leg, but the two were separated successfully.

Green was assessed a flagrant foul there, which allowed him to avoid the automatic ejection. Eason was also given a technical foul.

After the chaotic first half, Houston took a 57-50 lead into the locker room at halftime. Fred VanVleet led the way with 12 points, and Brooks had 11 after shooting 4 of 6 from the field in the first 24 minutes. Brandin Podziemski led the Warriors with 13 points and four assists, and Curry had 10 points in the first half.

The Warriors entered Monday night with a 2-1 lead in the series.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

Draymond Green got into a bit of trouble early on Monday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

Though he managed to avoid an ejection in the first half of the Golden State Warriors’ Game 4 matchup with the Houston Rockets, he did so just barely after getting into back-to-back altercations that felt like they were a few games in the making.

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The first popped off after Green and Stephen Curry got into it with Houston forward Dillon Brooks in the second quarter. After Green set a hard screen on Amen Thompson, Brooks hip-checked Curry and sent him down to the floor. Curry, taunting a bit, threw up two fingers at Brooks after he was called for a foul. Brooks then tried to grab the ball out of Curry’s hands, which sparked the incident and sent plenty of people rushing in to break it up.