Draymond Green (23) and Jonathan Kuminga (00) reacts to a foul call while guarding Anthony Edwards (5) in the first half as the Golden State Warriors played the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of the Conference Semifinals of the NBA Playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco., on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

NBA fines Draymond Green $50,000 for questioning the ‘integrity’ of officials

NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for making an “inappropriate comment” to the officials during Game 3 of their second-round playoff series against Minnesota.

The league announced the penalty on Wednesday, saying Green’s comments during Saturday’s game, which the Warriors lost 102-97, questioned “the integrity of game officials.”

Green has received a league-high five technical fouls this postseason and would have to serve a one-game suspension if the total reaches seven. He also has been called for two flagrant fouls.

Green was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for accumulating too many flagrant fouls that postseason and was suspended for one game in the 2023 playoffs for stepping on the chest of Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis.

According to the website Spotrac, Green has been fined $992,000 in his career, with $185,000 coming for actions toward officials. He also has been docked $3.2 million for suspensions.

Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green reacts to an official’s call in the third quarter of Game 3 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in San Francisco, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (23) reacts after his sixth foul of Game 3 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in San Francisco, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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