Draymon Green gets flagrant foul for ‘inadvertent’ contact with Tari Eason’s head
Another classic Draymond Green moment in the playoffs. Draymond Green narrowly avoided an automatic ejection in the first half of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Green received a technical foul for a scuffle with Dillon Brooks in the second quarter. Minutes later, Green was involved in another controversial sequence with Rockets forward Tari Eason that led to the Warriors star getting hit with a flagrant-1, but avoiding an automatic ejection that would have come with his second technical. Eason stripped the ball from Green, and as the two players dove on the floor for the loose ball, Green rolled over on Eason and dropped his leg on his head. Green then grabbed Eason’s jersey as the Rockets forward was getting up. The refs reviewed the play, and determined that Green’s kick was inadvertent. He would have kicked out of the game with a flagrant-2 call or with another technical foul, but the flagrant-1 determination allowed him to keep playing. Watch Green’s flagrant foul here and decide for yourself if it was inadvertent contact. Draymond Green grabs Tari Eason’s jersey AND grabs his leg….. pic.twitter.com/MTf8Ab2ybj— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) April 29, 2025 Here’s another look at the play from a different angle. Draymond could body slam an official, drop kick the mascot and still not get that second tech.Draymond feet somehow ended up on Tari face pic.twitter.com/jWRGsY3ZWc— Lachard Binkley (@BinkleyHoops) April 29, 2025 This is another classic Draymond moment in the NBA Playoffs. It feels like there have been hundreds of similar plays through the years, but this time Green avoided the ejection. Here’s a look at the technical foul from earlier in the game that led to Green and Brooks both getting technical fouls. The tensions between the Rockets and the Warriors players heat up, it starts with Dilloon Brooks, Draymond Green, and Steph Curry (with replays) pic.twitter.com/pOxNVgnkGV— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) April 29, 2025 We’ll update this story as it develops.


Another classic Draymond Green moment in the playoffs.
Draymond Green narrowly avoided an automatic ejection in the first half of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Green received a technical foul for a scuffle with Dillon Brooks in the second quarter. Minutes later, Green was involved in another controversial sequence with Rockets forward Tari Eason that led to the Warriors star getting hit with a flagrant-1, but avoiding an automatic ejection that would have come with his second technical.
Eason stripped the ball from Green, and as the two players dove on the floor for the loose ball, Green rolled over on Eason and dropped his leg on his head. Green then grabbed Eason’s jersey as the Rockets forward was getting up. The refs reviewed the play, and determined that Green’s kick was inadvertent. He would have kicked out of the game with a flagrant-2 call or with another technical foul, but the flagrant-1 determination allowed him to keep playing.
Watch Green’s flagrant foul here and decide for yourself if it was inadvertent contact.
Draymond Green grabs Tari Eason’s jersey AND grabs his leg….. pic.twitter.com/MTf8Ab2ybj— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) April 29, 2025
Here’s another look at the play from a different angle.
Draymond could body slam an official, drop kick the mascot and still not get that second tech.
Draymond feet somehow ended up on Tari face pic.twitter.com/jWRGsY3ZWc— Lachard Binkley (@BinkleyHoops) April 29, 2025
This is another classic Draymond moment in the NBA Playoffs. It feels like there have been hundreds of similar plays through the years, but this time Green avoided the ejection.
Here’s a look at the technical foul from earlier in the game that led to Green and Brooks both getting technical fouls.
The tensions between the Rockets and the Warriors players heat up, it starts with Dilloon Brooks, Draymond Green, and Steph Curry (with replays) pic.twitter.com/pOxNVgnkGV— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) April 29, 2025
We’ll update this story as it develops.