NBA rescinds second technical foul given to Warriors' Draymond Green

Crew chief Ben Taylor admitted to Golden State coach Steve Kerr at halftime that Butler made the wrong call. 

"At halftime Ben Taylor came out and told me that it was a mistake," Kerr explained following the defeat. "That John Butler didn't realize that Draymond was yelling at his teammate. He thought he was yelling at him."

Kerr, members of his staff, Green, and Warriors guard Stephen Curry all argued the matter with the officiating crew, but Taylor told a pool reporter after the game that rescinding the foul on the court was never considered. Curry said after the contest that he wasn't sure if officials can review such an ejection. 

"The refs got confused," Curry said. "And I don't know what the rules are in that situation when it's pretty clear who he was talking to, and I don't know if you can take it back in the moment, but it was pretty glaring that he was talking to his own teammate and kind of unfortunate that it got confused, so move on." 

With players destined to continue competing inside mostly empty arenas through the winter because of coronavirus-related restrictions, the NBA may need to address this and similar matters before the playoffs start.