Green could face discipline after Game 3 flagrant foul

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Thunder aren’t sure whether Draymond Green intentionally targeted Steven Adams’ groin Sunday night.

They just know they don’t appreciate it.

Green said he was just gathering himself after a foul by Adams when he kicked Oklahoma City’s center in the groin, and he feels the Flagrant 1 foul he was called for in Game 3 should be rescinded.

Perhaps the play wouldn’t have drawn so much attention if Green hadn’t kneed Adams in the same spot in Game 2.

“It happened before, mate,” Adams, a 7-foot center from New Zealand, said. “He is pretty accurate, that guy.”

Adams and the Thunder beat Golden State 133-105 to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals, and the now-reeling Warriors could enter Game 4 Tuesday in Oklahoma City without their All-Star forward if the NBA deems the play worthy of a suspension after a review Monday.

Green said doing something like that intentionally is not his style.

“I …

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