Victor Wembanyama gives blunt three-word response to Draymond Green’s shove

Victor Wembanyama gives blunt three-word response to Draymond Green’s shove originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Victor Wembanyama did not need much to describe Draymond Green’s shove. Asked about the Warriors veteran’s Flagrant 1 foul, the San Antonio Spurs star answered in three words.

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“It’s not surprising,” Wembanyama said.

Green was called for a Flagrant 1 foul with 6:47 left in the second quarter of the Warriors’ 123-85 loss to the Spurs in NBA Cup play Friday night, after a forearm shove from behind off a running start sent Wembanyama tumbling out of bounds. Officials ruled it included a “wind up” by Green. Golden State trailed 45-22 at the time and was playing without Steph Curry.

The flagrant was Green’s first of the season, and it came less than two weeks after he was ejected against the Phoenix Suns for two technical fouls during a scuffle with Dillon Brooks.

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Asked about preparing for more physicality from players like Green, Wembanyama sounded unbothered.

“I feel very secure, I know I have to be smart. It’s not a good basketball strategy and it shows,” Wembanyama said.

The Spurs have not lost since dropping their first two games, winning their 11th straight behind a season-high 32 points from Stephon Castle. Wembanyama finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds in 21 minutes, and Green finished with four points, three rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes.

Three words from Wembanyama said all he needed to about Green, and the scoreboard said the rest.

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