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The Golden State Warriors faced the Minnesota Timberwolves without their best player.
Stephen Curry was out with a knee injury that isn’t supposed to be major.
Then, just one minute into the game, they also lost Klay Thompson and Draymond Green because of a scuffle.
Thompson got tangled up with Jaden McDaniels, who pulled his jersey before they got into it.
Then, Green got involved by getting Rudy Gobert into a headlock, which led to the ejections.
Following the game, Coach Steve Kerr shared his thoughts on the matter, stating that there was no way that Thompson should’ve been ejected from the game because he was the one getting his jersey pulled (via Warriors on NBC Sports).
“There’s no way Klay Thompson should’ve been thrown out of the game.”
Steve Kerr shares his perspective of the first-quarter skirmish pic.twitter.com/oOgK2utKyk
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 15, 2023
As for Green, Kerr stated that he saw in the review that Gobert had Thompson grabbed by the neck, which is why Green came out to defend his teammate.
Truth be told, it was far from what the Warriors needed from their two veterans, especially Green.
But Kerr has a valid point in the sense that Thompson was literally being dragged and pulled, so maybe there was no need for him to be thrown out of the game.
At the end of the day, the undermanned Warriors couldn’t keep up and dropped to 1-1 in the In-Season Tournament, which is far from ideal, especially if Curry ends up missing more time with that undisclosed knee injury.
As for whether Green should’ve been thrown out or not, that’s not for us to debate, but given his reputation, it seems like the league just won’t take any chances with him anymore.
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