Overview
- About six minutes into the first quarter against the Lakers in Los Angeles, Draymond Green received a technical foul while seated on the Warriors’ bench.
- Referee Ed Malloy assessed the technical after Green yelled about an apparent missed basket-interference by Deandre Ayton on a Gary Payton II layup attempt.
- The NBC broadcast noted it was Green’s 132nd career technical and his first of the 2025–26 season.
- Green finished last season with 18 technical fouls, and a player is automatically suspended one game upon reaching 16 technicals in a single regular season.
- Golden State won 119–109, with Green posting 8 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and coach Steve Kerr has stressed that he must maintain composure to avoid ejections or suspensions.