SAN ANTONIO — Early in the second quarter Monday night, as the AT&T Center big screen showed the Warriors’ Draymond Green crumpling to the floor, a capacity crowd rained down a chorus of boos.
That replay only reinforced what many had suspected: After looking to pass on the left wing, Green had treated a slight bump to the face from Jonathon Simmons’ left elbow like a knockout blow. The textbook flop, dramatic even by Green’s standards, was convincing enough to draw the foul call.
Catching such a break was to be expected on a night when the Warriors again could do little wrong.