By Jon Krawczynski, Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, ahead Draymond Inexperienced and Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Jaden McDaniels have been ejected after an altercation broke out within the first quarter of Tuesday’s recreation.
Simply 1:43 into the matchup, Thompson and McDaniels received right into a scuffle at midcourt that noticed each gamers grabbing one another’s jersey. Moments later Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert — who appeared to aim to interrupt up the altercation — was grabbed across the neck by Inexperienced earlier than gamers and coaches stepped in to interrupt it up.
Thompson, Inexperienced and McDaniels have been despatched off.
The Timberwolves received 104-101 over the Warriors. Minnesota improved to 8-2 whereas Golden State fell to 6-6.
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What precisely occurred between Thompson and McDaniels?
Thompson was boxing out McDaniels in the precise nook on one of many evening’s first possessions. As a part of it, Thompson appeared to seize McDaniels’ jersey. McDaniels took exception. He grabbed Thompson’s jersey and started to yank it, which sparked an odd and prolonged tug of battle between the 2 that devolved right into a a lot bigger mud up. Thompson’s jersey was ripped. After the assessment, each have been ejected. — Anthony Slater, Warriors beat author
The Warriors and T-Wolves received right into a scuffle within the first 1:43 of play.
Draymond Inexperienced put Rudy Gobert in a headlock.
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What precisely occurred between Inexperienced and Gobert?
Because the confrontation between McDaniels and Thompson spilled onto the Warriors facet of the courtroom, Gobert got here in and grabbed Thompson from behind. That introduced Inexperienced into the fracas, and he put Gobert in a chokehold to tug him off of Thompson. Karl-Anthony Cities and Anthony Edwards grabbed Inexperienced and Gobert, and tempers continued to flare. McDaniels was significantly heated, needing to be restrained by teammates as he hollered at Thompson. — Jon Krawczynski, Timberwolves beat author
Is there a longer-term concern for Warriors?
Doubtlessly. I’d doubt Thompson and McDaniels get any further self-discipline, however everybody is aware of the historical past between Inexperienced and the NBA. They even admitted after the primary spherical stomp of Domantas Sabonis that they suspended Inexperienced a recreation partially due to his previous. That’ll presumably play into the equation once more as they assessment this incident within the coming days. In the event that they deem Inexperienced’s headlock of Gobert extreme, he may very well be going through one other suspension on the heels of two separate ejections this week. — Slater
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What shedding McDaniels means for Timberwolves
McDaniels is the Wolves’ finest perimeter defender. His significance for this recreation was decreased barely with Steph Curry sitting out, however the Wolves nonetheless will miss the stress he can placed on Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins. From a group perspective, the struggle undoubtedly appeared to rattle the Wolves early within the recreation. They struggled at first to calm the sport down, lacking pictures, turning the ball over and looking out disorganized on protection, which performed into the short-handed Warriors’ fingers within the early going. — Krawczynski
How the Warriors exchange Inexperienced
Inexperienced’s well-known final altercation was together with his personal teammate. It price him some credibility within the locker room. How will this influence his place within the locker room since he got here to the protection of Thompson? Will it’s seen as factor? The Warriors’ early season begin has been characterised by the nice vibes, which have been opposite to final yr. Inexperienced mentioned the chemistry final yr was terrible.
Will this be a galvanizing drive for the Warriors? Or the newest incident the place Inexperienced going overboard prices the Warriors?
This figures to create an enormous alternative for Jonathan Kuminga. With Inexperienced out, that’s half-hour of motion out there on the Warriors’ entrance courtroom. The Warriors desperately want certainly one of their younger gamers to take a leap, particularly as size and athleticism have been identified to trigger the Warriors issues.
One other potential alternative arises for Trayce Jackson-Davis, the rookie massive the Warriors love. Inexperienced is actually the Warriors’ back-up middle. — Marcus Thompson II, senior columnist
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