For the second straight game to start the tightly-contested series between the Grizzlies and Warriors, a hard foul led to an ejection. Instead of Warriors forward Draymond Green, this time it was Grizzlies wing Dillon Brooks.
With less than three minutes into the first quarter, Green was pushing the ball up the court in transition when he made pass in stride to Gary Payton II, who attempted to go up for a layup.
In the process, Brooks swiped across Payton’s head while he was in the air. As a result, Payton fell hard to the ground awkwardly, holding his left elbow afterward.