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Warriors’ Green grounded for one game for swipe at James’ groin

A teammate holds Cleveland star LeBron James back after his Game 4 run-in with Warriors forward Draymond Green (23). Green was suspended for Monday’s Game 5 for delivering a shot to James’ groin.
A teammate holds Cleveland star LeBron James back after his Game 4 run-in with Warriors forward Draymond Green (23). Green was suspended for Monday’s Game 5 for delivering a shot to James’ groin. The Associated Press

Warriors forward Draymond Green was assessed a flagrant foul 1 and suspended for Monday’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals for a shot to LeBron James’ groin in Game 4.

This isn’t the first time Green has had issues with delivering a shot to an opponent’s groin. In Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, Green, while trying to sell a foul, kicked Oklahoma City Thunder big man Steven Adams in the groin. Green was given a flagrant foul 1 and fined $25,000. That flagrant foul 1 gave him three flagrant foul points in the postseason. Another flagrant foul would trigger an automatic one-game suspension. That came in Game 4 of the Finals.

Compiled by Chris La Marr

This story was originally published June 12, 2016 at 5:10 PM with the headline "Warriors’ Green grounded for one game for swipe at James’ groin."

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