Draymond Green elbowed in face, gets stitches on eye cut
Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green was elbowed in the face by
Grizzlies' Xavier Tillman and left for the locker room early in the
first quarter
>MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – MAY 3: Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (23)
sits on the court after being hit in the head against the Memphis
Grizzlies in the first quarter of Game 2 of an NBA basketball
second-round Western Conference playoff series at the FedEx Forum in
Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
>MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – MAY 3: Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (23)
sits on the court after being hit in the head against the Memphis
Grizzlies in the first quarter of Game 2 of an NBA basketball
second-round Western Conference playoff series at the FedEx Forum in
Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
By SHAYNA RUBIN | srubin@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2022 at 7:05 p.m. | UPDATED: May 3, 2022 at 7:56 p.m.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/05/03/draymond-green-elbowed-in-face-goes-to-locker-room-early-in-first-quarter/

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A game after getting ejected for a flagrant 2 foul,
Draymond Green departed to the locker room early in the first quarter
after Xavier Tillman elbowed him in the face contesting a rebound.

Green writhed on the floor in pain for a few minutes before trainers
escorted him back to the locker room. But he returned to the floor for
the start of the second quarter. Green received stitches for a cut on
his right eye, the Warriors said.

Golden State were prepared for a physical game, coach Steve Kerr saying
before the game they expected to be the “most physical game of the
year.” Along with Green, Dillon Brooks fouled Gary Payton II hard enough
to earn a Flagrant 2 ejection. Payton II got X-Rays mid-game on his elbow.

Green was hit with a Flagrant 2 and an ejection just minutes before the
first half ended in the Warriors’ Game 1 win on Sunday.

The Memphis crowd had greeted Green with a chorus of boos when the
Golden State Warriors were introduced prior to tip-off. Green spoke
publicly about his ejection, saying he didn’t feel the foul warranted
such punitive punishment.

A fan within earshot of Green taunted him: “Hey, try not to get kicked
out this time.”

Green opened up the game by batting the ball away from Jaren Jackson Jr.
And the fans poured more loud boos on Green every time he got the ball
on offense until his departure.

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Shayna Rubin | Oakland Athletics reporter