Game 2 of the Western Conference playoff series between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors had plenty of storylines. Jimmy Butler left the game in the first half after a nasty fall and did not return. Brandin Podziemski, who was questionable with an illness, played just seven minutes before going to the locker room.
In the first half, Warriors star Draymond Green was involved in a number of tangle-ups, including one that saw Rockets' Amen Thompson stumble into Butler on the play where the Warriors star had to exit the game.
In the final seconds of the first half, the Rockets fans at the Toyota Center let Green hear their frustration with a three-word expletive chant: "F— you, Draymond."
You can listen to the vulgar chant in a video linked here. As such, fans were clearly upset with Green's antics, which is nothing new for the Warriors star.
The entire first half of the game was physical, chippy, and full of emotions, ones that seemed to boil over in the final seconds of the half from both sides.
The Warriors took Game 1 of the series in Houston with a 95-85 win, but it was the Rockets who had a decent lead at halftime, 60-46. Green, meanwhile, was mostly a non-factor as he had just one point with three steals and three turnovers to begin the second half.
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