LeBron James upset Draymond Green reportedly called him a bitch
LeBron James and Draymond Green got heated and came chest-to-chest after the Warriors forward got under the King’s skin with some trash talk.
The Golden State Warriors got back in the win column on Friday night with a 108-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers to take a 3-1 series lead.
In the closing minutes, LeBron James and the Cavs reached their boiling point and to no surprise, Draymond Green was at the center of it. Green and James got tangled up and James stepped over Green as he fell to the ground and Green swung his arm and appeared to make contact with James’ groin.
The two came chest to chest and jawed at one another moments later after chasing down a rebound in which they were both assessed fouls. The NBA could review the call and if Green is assessed a flagrant 1 for the incident, he would be suspended for Game 5, but LeBron says that’s not his decision. However, he did have a problem with Green going over the line after he reportedly called James a “bitch,” according to ESPN’s Dave McNemanin.
“Draymond just said something that I don’t agree with. I’m all cool with the competition. I’m all fine with that, but some of the words that came out of his mouth were a little bit overboard,” James said. “Being a guy with pride, a guy with three kids and a family, things of that nature, some things just go overboard, and that’s where he took it, and that was it.”
For what it’s worth, Green said he respects James and was just playing hard in an NBA Finals game and that was that.
“We got tangled up. It is what it is,” Green said in an interview with ESPN Radio. “I’ve got mad respect for LeBron and what he’s done. He’s a competitor; I’m a competitor. It’s Game 4 of the Finals. I don’t think anyone expects anything less. And if they do, they’re expecting the wrong thing.”
So it would appear the best way to get in the head of LeBron is to call him a bitch and hit him below the belt.
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