finals on Monday as a result of an accumulation of flagrant fouls over the course of the postseason. suspended the Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green for Game 5 of the N.B.A. Four flagrant foul “points” in the postseason results in a suspension. “The cumulative points system is designed to deter flagrant fouls in our game,” Kiki Vandeweghe, the N.B.A.’s executive vice president for basketball operations, said in a statement. Green, who plays an outsize role for the Warriors as a do-everything point forward, already had three.

Source: New York Times June 12, 2016 18:45 UTC