Warriors star storms off after heated exchange with Steve Kerr

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green and caput manager Steve Kerr got into a heated incidental connected the seat during their crippled against the Orlando Magic connected Monday night, starring the subordinate to tempest disconnected into the locker room.

Green and Kerr were seen having an animated back-and-forth during a third-quarter timeout. Green past got up and removed himself from the situation, going backmost to the locker country to chill off. Kerr said adjacent erstwhile Green returned to the seat for the remainder of the game, helium wasn’t going to play.

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Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green yells astatine the referee during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Orlando Magic, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful San Francisco. (AP Photo/Justine Willard)

"We got into it, obviously, and I took the timeout conscionable due to the fact that I thought we mislaid our absorption determination a small bit," Kerr said. "We had it retired a small bit, and helium made his determination to spell backmost to the locker country to chill disconnected and that’s each I’m going to accidental astir it. Everything is private. I've got thing further to add."

Green had 9 points and 7 rebounds successful the Warriors’ 120-97 win.

"Tempers spilled over, and I conscionable thought it was champion that I get retired of there," Green said. "I don't deliberation determination was a concern wherever it was going to get better, truthful it was conscionable champion to region myself. That's it."

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Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr, center, looks connected during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Orlando Magic, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful San Francisco. (AP Photo/Justine Willard)

Green said helium was disposable to play, but it wasn’t his decision. The Warriors improved to 15-15, but the grounds wasn’t precisely what the squad had hoped for. Green said, "That’s astir apt wherefore tempers are flaring."

"Basketball, it's what we do," helium said of what caused the frustration. "We play basketball, it's an affectional game. People suffer their emotions sometimes, it happens."

Kerr said helium didn’t deliberation the contented would linger.

Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) argues with an authoritative against the Orlando Magic successful the 2nd 4th astatine Chase Center connected Dec. 22, 2025. (Eakin Howard/Imagn Images)

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"The group's acceptable to go, you could spot successful the crippled tonight," helium explained. "We request Draymond. He's a champion. We've been unneurotic for a agelong time. All we tin bash is the remainder of the radical support pushing, support getting better. I thought this was 1 of our amended games. I thought the archetypal fractional was superb — we conscionable didn't marque shots. I thought Draymond played great."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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