Draymond Green and Stephen Curry first got into an incident with Dillon Brooks, and then Green followed it up with an altercation with Tari Eason a few minutes later.

“He’s the best defender I’ve ever seen in my life. He rises to the occasion,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “On top of being a great defender, he’s an incredible competitor. We’ve seen it. I’ve seen it for 11 years. Game on the line, Draymond making a stop. It’s like having Steph Curry take the shot.”

The refs kept Draymond Green in the game. And now the Warriors are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference semifinals. Green, Golden State’s talkative disruptor, forced a key miss from Alperen Sengun in the final 10 seconds to help the Warriors escape with a 109-106 home win against the Rockets in Game 4 after not receiving a second technical foul in the second quarter that would have disqualified him.