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Draymond Green gets a Milwaukee Bucks fan ejected from the game

It wasn't a night to remember for the Warriors forward.

Matthew Dugandzic

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The Milwaukee Bucks took care of business last night and beat the Golden State Warriors 128-111 in a convincing fashion. It was a night to forget for the Dubs, but their emotional leader and forward, Draymond Green, still managed to make headlines.

Bucks' fan gets ejected

Midway through the third quarter, with the Bucks in full control of the game, an incident occurred as Draymond got into a verbal argument with a particular Bucks fan sitting a few rows behind the basket during a Giannis Antetokounmpo free-throw attempt.

Green was visibly fired up, and only a minute later, with a stoppage in play, he spoke to the refs and got the fan get ejected from the game. 

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What happened?

After the game, the Warriors star explained what went down.

The fan said some threatening stuff to my life,”  Green explained. “I was this close to really going back and diving all the way in, but just went back and told the official. And when I told the official, he said, he’s got to get out of here. You just hope it gets to the point to where these leagues can work with legislators to implement laws, because that’s the only thing that’s going to ultimately correct the issue, is if you know something real is going to happen to you.”

The Bucks also came out with a statement addressing the situation.

“Under the referee’s discretion, we are investigating the situation and we are conferring with the NBA," the Bucks said.

The fan must have said something that really crossed the line for Green, as he is pretty used to getting slandered by opposing fans. Maybe it wasn't all that bad, and the Warriors star just got frustrated with his performance (2 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists) in the blowout loss.

Unfortunately, this has become a regular occurrence in today's NBA. The Bucks fan may have gotten forced into an early exit, but at least his team took home the W.

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Matthew Dugandzic
MATTHEW DUGANDZIC

Matthew finished his bachelor's degree in Economics (Management) at the University of Split and got his master's degree in the same field at the University of Zadar. Whether it is playing the game as an undersized 6'3'' power forward or simply watching it, Matthew can't get enough of it. After all, he has been an avid NBA fan since the 2000s. But don't get him wrong, as Matthew still loves the old-school NBA and is a true student of the game. From on-court moments to off-court stuff, whether it's about the stars of modern-day basketball or legends of the game, Matthew covers every category of the NBA world and basketball in general, as long as it makes for an engaging and exciting story.