Rockets’ Tari Eason confused by technical foul after run-in with Warriors’ Draymond Green

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In a close Game 4 loss at Golden State, Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason picked up a technical foul during an on-court altercation involving Warriors veteran Draymond Green (who received a flagrant).

Two days later, Eason — a valuable sixth man who brings energy and defense off Houston's bench — still doesn't understand why he received discipline.

At Wednesday's shootaround prior to Game 5 in Houston, Eason said of the incident:

I was surprised I got a technical, just because when somebody's leg is on the back of your head, I don't understand exactly what they wanted me to do in that situation... besides get his leg off the back of my head. And, once I got his leg off, he then grabbed me. So, I'm confused why I got a technical. But at the same time, they've been calling the game kind of like that the whole series. It is what it is.

Eason was then asked if Green had apologized.

“He was just like, 'If I was going to kick you in the head, I would have done it on purpose,' I guess," Eason said. "But yeah, there's no apologies in this situation. I'm not looking for an apology."

Game 5 tips off at 6:30 p.m. Central from Toyota Center in Houston. As with most games in this best-of-seven, first-round playoff series, expect lots of physicality and a handful of chippy sequences. Naturally, many of those seem to involve Green — an elite defender who often plays with a competitive edge that leads to controversy.

Draymond got hit with a flagrant 1 after this altercation with Tari Eason.

Eason got a tech after. pic.twitter.com/ih9UsGgWen

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 29, 2025

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