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With 6:55 remaining in the second quarter on Monday night, Draymond Green was assessed a Flagrant-1 for his foul against LeBron James.
"He wanted to send a message," Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said on Wednesday.
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Lue also told ESPN's Dave McMenamin that he didn't think Draymond's foul was a dirty play.
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Immediately after the game, Steve Kerr acknowledged that he hadn't seen a replay yet but that in real time, "It just looked like a normal foul where a guy is in transition -- you want to foul him and take away the fastbreak and obviously he went down hard and sold it pretty well."
Klay Thompson said that the foul "probably warranted a Flagrant-1."