Draymond Green jokes on Twitter after Jae Crowder's groin kick to Luka Doncic is called Flagrant 1

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Draymond Green is still furious about his Flagrant 2 foul.

The Warriors big man received a Flagrant 2 in the first half of Golden State's 117-116 Game 1 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round and was ejected from the game. Green hit Brandon Clarke in the face while he was going up for a shot and then, the Warriors center grabbed the Grizzlies big man by the jersey and pulled him down to the court.

Officials reviewed the play and gave Green a Flagrant 2, which earned him an automatic ejection. Green was incensed at the time and after the game, he unloaded, venting on his podcast about the call.

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"We've seen questionable calls in the first round, some things that didn't get reviewed," Green said. "Sometimes I guess it's just a case-by-case thing. It's a reputation thing. I think tonight was probably a reputation thing more so than a hard foul."

Green even doubled down on Inside the NBA on Monday, telling the TNT crew of Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith that he shouldn't have been giving a Flagrant 2.

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“I had full confidence that we could win the game,” Green said on the show. “But I also didn't say I let my team down because I didn't think I let my team down. I think letting my team down is giving up layups. Now, I've done some egregious things in my career, and I'm very honest about when I do. 

“I didn’t expect to get ejected there, so I wasn’t going to put myself in a place where I'm like, ‘Oh, I feel bad,’ because I didn't think I deserved an ejection. And no one else in the locker room thought so, and they’re honest. They’ll tell me like, ‘Dray that was terrible, that was this, that was that.’ Everybody disagreed.” 

Clearly, Green is not over the call and during Game 1 between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, he logged onto Twitter to once again vent about his Flagrant 2.

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In the second quarter of the Western Conference matchup, Suns forward Jae Crowder took a three-pointer while being guarded by Mavs All-Star Luka Doncic. Crowder however, didn't shoot it like normal. Instead, he kicked out his leg and struck Doncic in the groin.

After reviewing the play, officials gave Crowder a Flagrant 1. Green was watching the game and quickly tweeted in succession his amusement with the call.

First, Green just tweeted emojis:

Green then added some comical commentary:

Never change Draymond.

Never change.

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