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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

The Golden State Warriors had faced a major setback when Stephen Curry sustained an injury in the last game. They lost the game against the Celtics. The Warriors are now on a two-game losing skid after a narrow defeat against San Antonio Spurs. Draymond Green and company could not fashion a victory at home.?

After going behind by 14 points in the first quarter, the Warriors made a surging comeback in the next two quarters, but it was not enough. Keldon Johnson?s last-second tip-in earned the win for Spurs.

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The Curry-less Warriors did not look down and out. Even without their star man, they looked to perform well under pressure. Despite trailing at the end of the first quarter, it was a good display from GSW to make the game for themselves. The loss at home was the courtesy of Spurs? good 4th quarter rather than the Warriors? bad game. Other than the loss at home and absence of Steph, the incident which caught the headlines was the shocking ejection of Draymond Green.

Read more: Fans react optimistically after Stephen Curry’s injury updates.

Fans can not believe the Draymond Green ejection

With 6:50 remaining on the clock in the 3rd quarter, Draymond Green received an ejection for the most absurd and shocking reason.

Draymond received his second technical foul in a matter of seconds, apparently because the referee Marat Kogut had heard enough.

This was not the first time that the words Marat Kogut, Warriors, and controversial were used in the same discussion. In earlier instances too Stephen Curry once called ref Marat the ?MVP? for Warriors? loss. The fans once again recalled the previous such instances when ref Marat was involved in such decisions. The fans were in utter disbelief.

Also read: Kendrick Perkins thinks Draymond Green is Warriors’ most important player.

 

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The Golden State Warriors, even without Stephen Curry, looked decent. Klay Thompson?s 24 points and Jordan Poole’s 28 set the tone for a good win. But after the ejection of Draymond Green halfway through the 3rd quarter, the Spurs worked out a win in the last seconds of the game with the help of Keldon Johnson’s tip-in.

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The GSW have lost 6 of their last 10 games. They have slipped up slightly with a losing streak of 2. They need to find their form back and hope for the earliest return of Stephen Curry.