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Draymond Green assessed flagrant foul for kick to Tari Eason's head after early techinical

Barkley-Truaxby:Barkley Truax•04/28/25•

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Draymond Green was assessed a flagrant foul for appearing to kick Tari Eason in the head during the second quarter of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. The two players got tangled after Eason was defending Green with the ball, and had to be seperated by officials and teammates.

Green lost the ball, went after it and during the scrum, his leg whipped around, appearing to make contact to Eason’s head. Eason reacted, and Green grabbed his jersey. It also appeared the Green grabbed Eason’s leg getting up off the ground

This came after Green had already been assessed a technical foul earlier in the first half in an incident which involved multiple players. Along with Green, his teammate Stephen Curry and Rockets guard Dillon Brooks were slapped with techicals just the same. This came after Brooks had fouled Curry, and the situation escalated after Green came to the aid of his teammate.

Houston would go on to lead Golden State 57-50 at halftime. It was one of the more physical two quarters of basketball the NBA playoffs has seen throughout the first round, and there’s no sign of that trend slowing down in the second half.

The Rockets will need to keep their foot on the gas, though, as they trail the Warriors 2-1 in the series. Threatening to take a 3-1 series lead, Golden State could push Houston’s back against the wall as the series is set to travel back to the Toyota Center for what could be a deciding Game 5 depending on the outcome of the second half.

Golden State was able to secure the No. 7 seed after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in tournament. The Warriors would miss the cutoff for a top-six seed by one game, and would instead go to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are on the brink of emilinating the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Warriors would go on to win Game 1 against Houston, seeing Curry put up 31 including a deep 3-point shot that would put the game out of reach for the Rockets in Houston. The Rockets would take Game 2 easily, and the Warriors would take Game 3 with similar seperation.

Depending on the outcome of Monday’s Game 4, the storyline heading into Wednesday’s matchup in Houston could look a number of ways. For Game 5 on Wednesday, tip-off is schedueld for 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will air live on TNT and Max.