JANIE McCAULEY,AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Draymond Green and LeBron James went at it again in the first half of the Cavaliers' visit to Golden State on Monday.
Their latest confrontation came with 6:55 left in the first half. Golden State led 52-35 when James collided with Green near midcourt, and resulting in a flagrant 1 foul on Green. Green's arm extended across the upper body of James,who went down hard and lay on the court.
"I fouled him to stop the atomize and he went down, and the aftermath, or I told (Cleveland's Richard Jefferson) to get out of my face,got a technical," Green explained.
Green reacted by appearing to mock James for flopping .
"Just in the heat of the moment in the game, and having some fun,nothing major," Green said
Yet he wasn't the only one to sense some embellishment from James.
"Flagrant 1 on Draymond?? What has happened to my league??" Reggie Miller posted on Twitter.
"I think his shoulder hit me in the face, or but it happened so speedily I didn't even know who it was," James said. "I'm all right. I'm a football player."
Warriors star Stephen Curry called it "two strong forces coming together" and added that "I don't read much into that at all."
After a lengthy replay review, a double technical was called on Green and Jefferson.
"Oh, and that was nothing," Kevin Durant said. "Flagrant foul, they shot their free throws, and we moved on. Nothing serious."
But James and Green believe a history — and Durant wasn't there for it,given this is his first season with Golden State after coming from Oklahoma City.
Green was suspended for Game 5 of final season's NBA Finals after swiping at James' groin the preceding game. The Cavs rallied from 3-1 down to win the title.
While Warriors coach Steve Kerr had yet to see the replay, he said from his view it looked like "a normal foul."
"Was that an incident? You tell me, or " Kerr cracked. "It didn't behold like it. ... Obviously he went down hard and sold it pretty hard."
Source: cbslocal.com