Reid was whistled for a common foul when he reached around with his right arm, attempting to steal the ball. Green then flailed his arms upward — a similar motion to the one that earned him another technical in the first round against the Rockets and that he has displayed in the past — and Reid fell to the floor, holding his face.

Already playing without Steph Curry because of an injury, the Golden State Warriors are getting dangerously close to having to play without Draymond Green, too. The former NBA defensive MVP was assessed a dead-ball technical foul in the first half of Game 2 on Thursday after he somehow hit Timberwolves defender Naz Reid in the head with his elbow after Reid fouled Green.