Draymond Green Hints at NBA’s Bias Against Him; Riles Up Warriors Fanbases after Bitter Kings Loss
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In an intense clash between the Northern California rivals, the Sacramento Kings defeated the Golden State Warriors in a thrilling game at the Chase Center. Harrison Barnes stole the show with a career-high 39 points, including consecutive clutch baskets in crunch time, to earn a 134-133 victory and even the season series at two games each.
However, during the match in a Dubs attack, Draymond Green received the ball next to the basket and hit a pump fake. At that time the point guard of the Kings Malik Monk tried to block his shot but got caught by the fake and landed on Green. Due to this, the 33-year-old center missed his shot and Monk was only given a common foul. After the game, Green took to social media, shared the clip, and captioned it “A game?” which shows that Green thinks that the foul call was not severe enough and the referee was biased.
Even the fans agreed with him with a fan writing,
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I feel like if you did this foul you’d get a flagrant, it’s all about reputation
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) January 26, 2024
Another fan agreed with Green and thought the foul was wrong saying,
Shoulda been a flagrant 1
— ³⁰🌞 (@GameOnSteph_) January 26, 2024
One Dubs fan thought that this foul called for an ejection and said,
Clearest ejection, cook up Dray
— Wionel Wessi (@formulawessi) January 26, 2024
Another fan agreed with Green and said that the sport is rigged.
Referees were cheating the whole time it’s ok Dray the sport is rigged
— Depressed Warriors fan🧑🍳 (@DubnationChef) January 26, 2024
One more fan pointed out that if Green had committed this foul, he would’ve been suspended.
If you did this you’d get suspended for a season
— Wionel Wessi (@formulawessi) January 26, 2024
So, even though the Sacramento Kings could win, the fans think that the referee was biased toward them and the match was rigged. But was that the case or did the Kings outperform the Warriors?
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The Sacramento Kings’ team effort paid off
When Harrison Barnes gets going, the Kings know they can feed him the ball from wherever on the court and he will not disappoint. Thats exactly what happened against the Dubs and he was able to deliver in a game that called for all of his talents, displaying his scoring skills as well as a key block against the Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga in the final stages. Even Domantas Sabonis hit a crucial dunk with 22 seconds left on the clock, giving the Warriors little to no time to respond and clinching the victory for his club.
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However, the Warriors were in an emotional state of mind as they were playing back-to-back games after paying respect to their assistant coach Dejan Milojević who passed away suddenly. Even then, the Warriors vs. Kings battle lived up to its promise of excitement and intensity, with Harrison Barnes taking the limelight with a career-high performance of 39 points.
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Saumya Khanduja