DENVER _ The Lakers-Rockets scuffle on Saturday entertained Warriors forward Draymond Green so much that he pushed back his bedtime for another 75 minutes. Green expressed annoyance, though, that the NBA handed suspensions to Lakers forward Brandon Ingram (four), Lakers guard Rajon Rondo (three) and Rockets guard Chris Paul (two) in relation to his own punishments.
"It seems like a little bit of a double standard going around this thing," Green told Bay Area News Group. "That's just me, though. I could be wrong. I don't got all the answers."
Green suggested he would have received a harsher suspension had he been involved in the incident. He cited his one-game suspension in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals after receiving a Flagrant 1foul in Game 4 for attempting to punch LeBron James in the groin after James stepped over him.
The NBA said in a release that Ingram's punishment stemmed from "aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul, confronting a game official in a hostile manner, and instigating the overall incident by shoving Rockets guard James Harden." Rondo's suspension stemmed from instigating a physical altercation with, spitting and throwing multiple punches at Paul." Lastly, Paul served a suspension "for poking at" and "making contact" with Rondo's face, as well as "throwing multiple punches at them." All of three players will not be paid during their suspensions.
"That was garbage," Green said. "I'm never in favor of guys losing money. But I got suspended in the NBA Finals for attempting to punch somebody. Guys punching each other are getting two games or three games. I attempted to punch somebody, and not in the face, either."
Nonetheless, Green said he "was entertained sitting there watching them fight."
"Guys punching each other _ who don't enjoy watching a fight?" Green said. "It was pretty amazing, honestly."
Others on the Warriors seemed just as intrigued. Both Warriors forward Andre Iguodala and Jordan Bell tweeted about the fight shortly after it happened.
"I saw it," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said, smiling. "I have no comment."
