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Warriors' Draymond Green throws Suns player to floor, grabs opponent's jersey in heated confrontation

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During a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns, Draymond Green became involved in a heated confrontation with Suns player Khaman Maluach. In the third quarter, Green tackled Maluach to the floor while grabbing his jersey during an attempt at a lay-up; this led to Green receiving consecutive technical fouls and being ejected from the game for the first time this season. Despite losing by 10 points early in the quarter, the Warriors won the game 116-113, with teammate Dillon Brooks stating that he attempted to calm the situation when he intervened.

Written by AI on 2026-11-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On November 3, 2026, during a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns, Draymond Green was ejected after just two minutes into the second half for accumulating consecutive technical fouls following a heated confrontation. The incident began when Green threw Khaman Maluach to the floor after he had fallen on Green initially. This led to further altercations, including Dillon Brooks approaching Green and pushing him, escalating tensions.

Despite Green’s ejection, the Warriors rallied from a 17-point deficit to win 116-113 behind Stephen Curry's 34 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. The game featured three technical fouls in total, with Green's ejection proving pivotal as it spurred his teammates' determination.

The Warriors felt positively about the incident, believing it ignited their motivation to win despite Green's absence for the rest of the game.

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Topics

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Narrative

"Found it a little bit in the second quarter and then they came out in the third quarter pretty well and then that kind of changed the game for us.

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Warriors' Draymond Green throws Suns player to floor, grabs opponent's jersey in heated confrontation · assertive framing

Claims (31 extracted, 0 hedged)

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was involved in a skirmish on Monday night. asserted

Green → involve → night

How many times have you read that sentence before? asserted

you → read → sentence

The 15-year NBA veteran who has been in a number of scuffles and confrontations added another to his resume against the Phoenix Suns. asserted

who → add → Suns

The four-time All-Star was running back on defense in the third quarter when Suns center Khaman Maluach received the ball in the paint. asserted

Maluach → run → paint

As Maluach tried to establish position, Green fell to the ground. asserted

Green → try → ground

Green immediately got back up as Maluach received the ball and tried for a lay-up. asserted

Maluach → get → up

Green decided to wrap his arms around the 7-foot-1 player’s waist and threw him down to the floor. asserted

Green → decide → floor

Dillon Brooks rushed over and put his hand on Green to get him to backpedal from Maluach. asserted

him → rush → Maluach

Green, in turn, grabbed Brooks by his jersey. asserted

Green → grab → jersey

Green had to be pulled back to the sideline. asserted

Green → have → sideline

Green was hit with consecutive technical fouls and received his first ejection of the season. asserted

Green → hit → season

Golden State was down 67-57 with 10 minutes left in the period, but stormed all the way back to win the game 116-113. asserted

minutes → leave → game

Brooks said he was trying to keep things calm when he entered the fray. asserted

he → say → fray

"I was just trying to deescalate the whole thing," Brooks said. asserted

Brooks → try → thing

"He did a lot there, fell down, and pushed him at the end of it. asserted

He → do → it

I was just trying to deescalate it. asserted

I → try → it

He was just tweaking all game. asserted

He → tweak → ?

So let it be." asserted

it → let → ?

Warriors guard Brandon Podziemski said the incident "fueled" the team. asserted

incident → say → team

"We didn't have that edge to us to start the game," he said. asserted

he → have → game

"Found it a little bit in the second quarter and then they came out in the third quarter pretty well and then that kind of changed the game for us. asserted

that → find → us

Everybody locked in a little bit more and came together for Dray. asserted

Everybody → lock → Dray

I think it was needed. asserted

it → think → ?

Maybe he sensed it, maybe he didn't, but asserted

he → sense → it

it helped us." asserted

it → help → us

Maluach brushed off Green’s antics. asserted

Maluach → brush → antics

"I think it's just a basketball play, he's just out there playing basketball," Maluach said. asserted

Maluach → think → basketball

"Nothing against Draymond, he's just playing basketball out there." asserted

he → play → basketball

Green has received 179 technical fouls in his career and has been ejected 23 times. asserted