The Pool Report interview was conducted by Jason Beede (Orlando Sentinel) with Crew Chief Mitchell Ervin following tonight’s Warriors at Magic game.     

QUESTION:  Golden State’s Draymond Green was ejected at the 8:24 mark of the 1st quarter. Why did Green receive a second technical foul?

ERVIN:  After a prolonged diatribe, Green directed egregious profane language towards a game official.

QUESTION: The ejection came early in the game, less than four minutes in, was the timing of the second technical foul considered at all before it was handed out?

ERVIN:  No, his actions met the standard for a technical foul, which was his second technical foul, which results in an automatic ejection.

QUESTION: Did the player’s history have any impact on the decision to hand him a technical foul and eject him?

ERVIN:  Absolutely not.