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What Happened to Draymond Green? Warriors Star Heads to Locker Room in 3rd Quarter vs Magic

Originally posted on EssentiallySports
By Siddharth Rawat | Last updated Dec 23, 2025 2:39 AM ET

Tonight, the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Orlando Magic, but something odd happened. With 8:31 left in the third quarter, during a timeout, forward Draymond Green seemed to go to the locker room and didn’t check into the game for the rest of the game. What happened to him?

During the timeout, Green and head coach Steve Kerr appeared to get into a heated argument, and Kerr seemed to tell Green to go to the locker room. Green did so and came back to the bench in his warmups between the third and fourth quarter. Most importantly, Green didn’t check in for the rest of the game.

Warriors up 89-83 on the Magic after three quarters. Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler have 42 combined. Draymond Green went to the locker room during a timeout at the 8:31 mark of the third. Just returned to the bench between quarters.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 23, 2025

Before checking out of the game, Green logged nine points, seven rebounds, and two assists, but, notably, had the lowest plus/minus on the team, a -5 during a 23-point win, which is not a good sign for his usually high non-statistical on-court impact.

This article first appeared on EssentiallySports and was syndicated with permission.

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