Warriors' Draymond Green confronts fan teasing him with 'Angel Reese' chants

Golden State Warriors prima Draymond Green had a face-to-face confrontation with a New Orleans Pelicans instrumentality connected Sunday nighttime during the team’s 124-106 win.

The incidental occurred successful New Orleans with astir 2 minutes to play earlier halftime. The fan, who was identified arsenic Sam Green, was lasting and cheering aft Green was called for a foul connected Pelicans guardant Herb Jones.

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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors gets into a verbal altercation with a instrumentality during the 2nd 4th of an NBA crippled against the New Orleans Pelicans astatine Smoothie King Center connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful New Orleans, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

The NBA player, alternatively of going to enactment up for the free-throw attempts, strolled to the sideline and stood successful beforehand of the fan. The antheral stood up and held his arms retired to the broadside arsenic the 2 chatted. Officials got successful betwixt the 2 and cooler heads prevailed.

Sam Green told The Associated Press that helium was taunting the NBA champion with chants of "Angel Reese," due to the fact that the Warriors subordinate hadn’t taken immoderate shots portion grabbing 7 rebounds. The Chicago Sky prima had been called retired for her rebounding numbers being inflated due to the fact that she’s getting her ain misses. But Reese turned the flimsy into nett arsenic she trademarked "MeBounds" during her 2nd twelvemonth successful the league.

The instrumentality said the Warriors subordinate shouted profanity astatine him and threatened to punch him retired if the "Angel Reese" chants continued.

New Orleans Pelicans halfway Derik Queen (22) and defender Jeremiah Fears (0) portion the shot from Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) arsenic helium goes to the handbasket during the archetypal 4th of an NBA hoops game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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"I wasn't utilizing profanity and for him to locomotion 12 feet disconnected the tribunal to travel and get successful my look similar that, it was a small unnerving," Sam Green told the outlet.

Green said aft the crippled that helium was upset with the instrumentality implicit the chants.

"He conscionable kept calling maine a woman," helium said, via ESPN. "It was a gag astatine first, but you can’t support calling maine a woman."

It’s unclear if Green volition beryllium fined for the interaction. The instrumentality was lone fixed a informing and allowed to stay successful his courtside seat. The Warriors subordinate was fined $25,000 successful 2022 for what the NBA described arsenic "directing obscene connection toward a fan."

New Orleans Pelicans halfway Derik Queen (22) and defender Jeremiah Fears (0) portion the shot from Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) arsenic helium goes to the handbasket during the archetypal 4th of an NBA hoops game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Fan behaviour has been a changeless gripe from NBA players crossed the league implicit the past decade.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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