Draymond Green on the flagrant 1 assessed to him after kicking Steven Adams where it hurts:
"I followed through on a shot," Green told reporters after the game. I'm not trying to kick somebody in the men's section. I'm sure he wants to have kids one day. I'm not trying to end that on the basketball court. That don't make sense. I brought the ball over the top this way [makes motion], he fouled me and I brought my leg up. I mean, I know my core's not strong enough to stop my leg halfway from wherever it was going.
"Honestly, I didn't know I hit him. I walked to the 3-point line and clapped everybody's hand, and I turned around and he was on the floor. I'm like, ‘What happened?' I'm standing at the 3-point line, I look at [Andrew] Bogut and he looked at the replay and he was like: [Cringes.] So then I looked at the replay like, ‘Uh oh.' But like I said, I thought it would get rescinded because I'm not trying to kick him.
I was following through on the shot and my leg went up. So, no, I don't think I'll get suspended. I don't know how anyone could possibly say I did that on purpose, regardless of the way it looked."
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