When Draymond Green got his second technical at Quicken Loans arena, there was no ejection. The explanation was that the scorer’s table got it wrong and the first technical thought to be on Green was on Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. Meaning either the scorer’s table was given incorrect information by the refs or the officiating crew decided to change it when Green got his second tech. The latter is more likely.
It’s also unacceptable and just another hiccup in what has been a car wreck of an NBA post season thus far. Here though we focus on the officiating in game five and why Draymond Green should have been tossed from that game. Just because a player is an all-star does not exonerate them from the law of the game. It’s what makes sports fair and to the human race, proof that there is such a thing as fairness. Yet as so often in life on the floor in Cleveland there was no justice.
It is an extremely bad look for the NBA. It wasn’t just that call either; a flagrant foul called on Kevin Love was only called after Warriors star Kevin Durant basically whined to the officials. Coincidentally on the other end when Green committed what looked like a flagrant hitting JR Smith in the head there wasn’t the slightest of glances given to the replay center.
So what does this change? Nothing or possibly more than we could imagine. The Cleveland Cavaliers are alive for now but unless they keep putting up record setting performance’s they seem to stand no chance against the Warriors. If calls like this continue to be consistently missed it could hand the Warriors the series. This at this point might be the worst case scenario for the NBA which seemingly has been duped by the dubs during this salary cap era. They have found a way to assemble a team to essentially ruin competitive basketball. If the officiating is consistently in their favor as well the NBA has stabbed themselves right where Draymond Green likes to kick people.
