Draymond Green, Dillon Brooks get chippy after exchanging barbs through the media

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As the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies prepared for their Thursday night contest, all eyes were on Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks. 

The two players exchanged words through the media in the days leading up to the game, the dislike for each other well publicized. 

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (24) bump against each other during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Brooks plainly stated that he disliked Green and the Warriors in an interview with ESPN and Green responded by breaking down Brooks’ quote piece by piece before saying Memphis wasn’t ready to compete for a championship. 

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The two finally had a chance to square off face-to-face on Thursday and had a chippy moment in the second quarter. 

After stealing the ball in the backcourt and scoring to take a 74-57 lead over Golden State, Brooks and Green bumped chests before being separated by a referee.

After the 131-110 loss to the Grizzlies, Green told reporters that Brooks had tried to bait him into a technical foul. 

"He thought he would like bait me, like he gets baited," Green said, according to ESPN. "I get technical fouls when I want to get technical fouls. I don't get baited into technical fouls. So, I think that's probably the difference between me and him. If I do that to him, it'd be a double tech, because he'd respond. But it's not a double tech, because I didn't respond. One of us are baitable, one of us aren't."

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