The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended the forwardGolden State » Green Draymond for 5 games for participating in a fight during a regular season game against “Minnesota “, the league’s official website reported.
The meeting took place on November 14 in San Francisco and ended with the victory of the Timberwolves with a score of 104: 101. The episode occurred in the first seconds of the match: Minnesota center Rudy Gobert started a fight with Golden State player Klay Thompson, Green decided to defend his teammate and used a chokehold on Gobert. Green was ejected for the remainder of the game.
The three basketball players were also fined $25,000 each.
Green will miss two games with Oklahoma, as well as games with Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio, due to disqualification. Golden State currently sits in seventh place in the Western Conference standings.
NBA official website
Source : MatchTV
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