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Draymond Green faced a controversial ejection, his first of the season and 17th career-wise, and coach Steve Kerr appeared to be lost in NBA rules: "I had never heard this rule, but apparently you can retroactively call a technical from two plays before upon review."

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is familiar with contentious foul calls and ejections, and the recent 118-110 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers is just another chapter in his history of such incidents.

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Green found himself ejected in the third quarter of Saturday night's game after accumulating two technical fouls.

The second technical was assessed after a review that occurred several minutes after the play and the apparent foul.

"I am the same person that got suspended from the NBA Finals for flagrant fouls that were all called from after the game," Green told ESPN. "Nothing surprises me."

This ejection marked Green's first of the season and the 17th of his career, including both regular season and playoffs, making him the active player with the most ejections.

The incident unfolded with 6:23 remaining in the third quarter, as the Warriors trailed by 10 points. Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell appeared to charge at Green and intentionally shoved him, following a previous play where Green had stripped Mitchell of the ball, causing both players to tumble to the floor.

The referees deemed Mitchell's push a common foul but reviewed the sequence and concluded that Green made contact with the Cleveland guard after stripping him of the ball, resulting in a retroactive technical foul.

"I had never heard this rule, but apparently you can retroactively call a technical from two plays before upon review," Warriors coach Steve Kerr seemed confused. "There's a lot of plays I'd like to go back to from three years ago. It was bizarre."

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