Warriors Draymond Green in middle of foul controversy before game-saving stop in Game 4 win

The refs kept Draymond Green in the game.And now the Warriors are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.Green, Golden State’s talkative disruptor, forced a key miss from Alperen Sengun in the final 10 seconds to help the Warriors escape with a 109-106 home win against the Rockets in Game 4 after not receiving a second technical foul in the second quarter that would have disqualified him.“What’d he finish with, 31 points,” Green told ESPN of Sengun’s performance.“We knew they were going to him, they expected us to switch because we had switched before, but when the money on the line, I’m not switching.

I want the matchup.”It should come as no shocker that in a series as physical as this one and filled with technicals that Green, one of the NBA’s great agitators, is at the center of it all.He earned a technical with seven minutes left in the second quarter with the teams tied at 36-36 after setting a hard screen on Amen Thompson, who hit the deck.Dillon Brooks then fouled Steph Curry hard, sticking out his knee.Green shoved Brooks after the Rockets’ wing attempted to grab the ball from Curry.All three received technical fouls on the play.“I got a technical tonight and there were guys way more aggressive than me,” Green said.

“Yeah, that’s crazy.”With 2:44 left in the quarter and the Rockets holding a 47-46 lead, Green and Tari Eason got into it during a fight for a loose ball, with Green falling on top of Eason and his legs landing on top of him.Eason pushed Green’s legs off him, leading to a little skirmish.The NBC Bay Area sports announcers noted how Green could not react like perhaps he wanted to since another ejection would result in his ouster.“Draymond, he can’t do anything,” the announcer.“He can’t do anything or it would be a second T (technical), he can’t even get offsetting T’s.”The other announcer followed: “You can tell the Rockets want to bait him into something, any time ther...