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Thu Feb 8 201821:53Golden State forward Draymond Green fined $50,000
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State forward Draymond Green was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday for directing inappropriate and offensive language toward a game official two days earlier, and he was hardly the only member of the Warriors to lose his cool.Green was ejected with 8:13 remaining in the game after a second technical for arguing with the officials, specifically female referee Lauren Holtkamp. The NBA said the specific incident for which he was penalized came in the second quarter of the Warriors' 125-105 home loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.The defending champion Warriors had five technicals in all, prompting general manager Bob Myers to address the topic with the team Thursday ahead of a home game against Dallas. Green had two, coach Steve Kerr one, and Andre Iguodala and David West the two others."It's not a good look," Kerr said about Myers' words. "We need to look more professional, to act more professional and to be more poised and to represent our team in a better light. I don't think we've been doing a good job of that lately."Green, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year, received dental work Wednesday after being hit in the mouth and bloodied in a collision with Jerami Grant. Green said he will wear clear braces for a couple of weeks.Green said dentists will monitor his tooth."It hasn't died. Hopefully it stays alive," he said.Last month, Green was fined $25,000 for criticizing the NBA's officiating. He's averaging 11.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists in 47 games this season.Going into Thursday games, Golden State's nine ejections led the NBA and their 46 technicals ranked third.Kerr has five technicals."I am as guilty as anybody," Kerr said. "I think we all need to do a much better job of staying poised. I don't like the look of the constant complaining, myself included. I think we've got to get better. I didn't know anything about the Draymond incident. ... Just in general on the technicals, on the behavior, we've got to get more poised and take care of our own business and focus on our play and not anything else."___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball