Reid was whistled for a common foul when he reached around with his right arm, attempting to steal the ball. Green then flailed his arms upward — a similar motion to the one that earned him another technical in the first round against the Rockets and that he has displayed in the past — and Reid fell to the floor, holding his face.

Draymond Green is pushing back against what he feels is an "agenda" to portray him in a certain light after receiving a technical foul in the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors' 117-93 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.

After a Game 2 loss in which he received his fifth technical foul of the playoffs, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green expressed frustration over what he called an "agenda" to portray him as an "angry Black man.