Draymond Green suffers 25th career ejection after hostile encounter with referee

Golden State Warriors subordinate Draymond Green was ejected from Saturday's crippled against the Utah Jazz, marking his 25th vocation ejection and 22nd regular play ejection. It was besides his 2nd successful the past 8 games. 

The punishment was dealt aft Green played defence connected Utah's Kyle Filipowski, who gestured to a adjacent referee asking for a three-second usurpation to beryllium called against Green. Green past fto retired an aggravated outcry aft the Jazz scored, prompting a method foul. 

After the whistle, Green approached referee Kevin Cutler and appeared to loudly berate the official. A 2nd method foul was assessed soon aft that antic, and Green was retired of the game. 

Green's teammates and manager Steve Kerr defended the oft-ejected subordinate aft the game. 

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Draymond Green (23) of the Golden State Warriors reacts against the Detroit Pistons astatine Little Caesars Arena connected Jan. 9, 2025 successful Detroit, Michigan.  (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

"I didn’t perceive what helium said, but it was a speedy one," Kerr told reporters. "I cognize helium got the T close distant and past Kevin (Cutler) tossed him astir immediately. So I don’t cognize what helium said, but I presume it was thing that Kevin conscionable wasn’t going to perceive to. So I don’t cognize thing much astir it than that."

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Kerr added that the squad "needs" Green connected the court. 

"We request Draymond and I privation him retired there," Kerr said. "So I deliberation helium mightiness beryllium up to astir 9 techs. We’re not halfway done the play yet, truthful a agelong mode to spell and we request him."

Warriors superstar Steph Curry suggested Green's actions did not warrant the ejection. 

"I don’t cognize what helium said to the ref," Curry said. "But I didn’t deliberation it was — the statement successful the locker country was determination wasn’t capable to get thrown out."

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green yells astatine the referee during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Orlando Magic, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful San Francisco (AP Photo/Justine Willard)

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The Warriors won the crippled 123-114 to amended to 19-17. 

Green and Kerr antecedently got into a heated incidental connected the seat during their crippled against the Orlando Magic successful December.

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