How Much Is Draymond Green Missed By The Warriors In Playoffs?

Draymond Green

The NBA playoffs faceoff in the Bay Area between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors is going into Game 3. However, Draymond Green, one of the matchup’s biggest stars, will be missing from the game.

The Impact Of Draymond Green

The reason for Draymond Green’s latest absence is a suspension. In Game 2’s last quarter, he had stepped on Domantas Sabonis’, Kings’ forward, chest, earning him a suspension for one game. In a later statement, the NBA said that part of the reason behind Draymond Green’s suspension is his “history of unsportsmanlike acts”.

As such, the history of Draymond Green includes him being the sole player during the previous 10 seasons who have faced suspensions more than one time during the playoffs. His technical fouls number in his career so far stands at 163. Ejections number 17 and suspensions at 4. These include flagrant fouls and technical fouls numbering 6 and 27 respectively, in a total of 147 games in the playoffs.

In Game 2, Draymond Green’s absences were very clearly felt. During that final quarter, there were 7 minutes and 3 seconds left when Green got ejected. Till then, the Kings had managed to score just 8 points. This included 3 shots out of 8 during open play and 3 rebounds. After Green left, Sacramento added a whopping 23 points to the board, including 7 rebounds as well 10 shots from 15 during open play,

Now, in Game 3, the Warriors will be desperate to avoid going down 0-3. In the previous year, Green was ejected during the team’s 2nd-round series, facing the Grizzlies. However, the Warriors held out on the back of Klay Thompson, in that match, and eventually won the series 4-2.