{"id":120312,"date":"2023-11-16T09:36:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/draymond-green-banned-for-five-games-for-headlock\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:36:19","slug":"draymond-green-banned-for-five-games-for-headlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/draymond-green-banned-for-five-games-for-headlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green banned for five games for headlock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Draymond Green (number 23) has been suspended five times in his career
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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been banned for five games for putting Minnesota Timberwolves\u2019 Rudy Gobert in a headlock.<\/p>\n

Three players were ejected for fighting\u00a0inside the first two minutes of Minnesota\u2019s 104-101 win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Green wrapped his arm around Gobert\u2019s neck after Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels grabbed each others\u2019 jerseys.<\/p>\n

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NBA vice-president Joe Dumars said Green was sanctioned without pay for \u201cescalating an on-court altercation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Green, who will begin his suspension on Thursday when the Warriors host the Oklahoma City Thunder, was suspended for \u201cforcibly grabbing\u201d Gobert around the neck \u201cin an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner,\u201d said Dumars.<\/p>\n

Green was also ejected in the Warriors\u2019 defeat by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday and suspended during the play-offs in April after stamping on the Sacramento Kings\u2019 Domantas Sabonis.<\/p>\n

The NBA said his disciplinary record helped determine the length of the ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do hope the league\u2019s going to do whatever needs to be done because that\u2019s just clown behaviour,\u201d Gobert said after the incident, which took place in the NBA\u2019s inaugural In-Season Tournament.<\/p>\n

Golden State\u2019s Thompson and Minnesota\u2019s McDaniels and Gobert, all of whom were ejected after one minute 43 seconds, have been fined $25,000 (\u00a320,200) by the NBA.<\/p>\n

The Warriors have lost four consecutive games and Green is averaging 8.8 points, 5.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds from nine games this season.<\/p>\n

He will be eligible to return against the Sacramento Kings on 28 November.<\/p>\n

In the regular NBA season, the Boston Celtics went top of the Eastern Conference with a 117-107 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers thanks to 29 points from Jayson Tatum and 27 from Derrick White.<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant and Devin Booker scored 39 points each as the Phoenix Suns triumphed 133-115 to end the Timberwolves\u2019 seven-game winning run.<\/p>\n

In the absence of injured two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard\u2019s 37 points helped the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 128-112.<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis scored 29 points, De\u2019Aaron Fox 28 and Kevin Huerter 28 as the Sacramento Kings claimed a 125-110 win over the LA Lakers, for whom LeBron James and D\u2019Angelo Russell contributed 28 apiece.<\/p>\n

Tim Hardaway Jr registered 31 points and Luka Doncic 26 to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Washington Wizards 130-117.<\/p>\n

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