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    Kerr slams Brooks for 'dirty' play as Payton left with broken elbow

    Kerr: 'Dillon Brooks broke the code'
    May 4, 2022
    Dillon Brooks flagrant foul Gary Payton II
    Gary Payton II was going for a layup when Dillon Brooks chased him down and swung his arm, hitting the Warriors guard across the head.
    PHOTO: AP

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis forward Dillon Brooks was ejected for a flagrant foul on Warriors guard Gary Payton on Tuesday night (Wednesday, Manila time) in the opening minutes of Game 2 in their Western Conference semifinal.

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    Payton had X-rays on his left elbow and never returned. The Warriors said after their 106-101 loss that Payton broke his left elbow and will have an MRI on Wednesday.

    Golden State coach Steve Kerr said he didn't know if the foul was intentional. Kerr called it dirty, as Payton got whacked across the head while in midair.

    "Dillon Brooks broke the code," Kerr said. "That's how I see it."

    Payton was going for a layup when Brooks chased him down and swung his arm, hitting the Warriors guard across the head. Payton went down and immediately grabbed at his left arm with 9:08 left in the first quarter. Officials reviewed the play and quickly ruled it a Flagrant 2, sending Brooks to the locker room.

    Told Kerr called Brooks' flagrant foul dirty, Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said he just trusted the officials to make the call.

    "They reviewed it," Jenkins said. "They made their judgment, obviously (Brooks) made contact to the head. So going to trust what the refs did."

    Brooks missed his first three shots after going 3 of 13 in Game 1. Brooks said after shootaround earlier Tuesday that he knew Memphis likely would've won the opener if he shot better.

    Memphis' top perimeter defender, Brooks' job in Game 2 was to defend two-time NBA scoring champ Stephen Curry.

    Payton missed the first free throw and made the second. Then he went to the locker room and didn't return.

    Asked after the first quarter during his interview with TNT about the physical play in the period, Kerr said: "No, that wasn't physical. That was dirty."

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      Draymond Green went down shortly after Brooks' ejection and went to the locker room after he appeared to be elbowed in the face. As Green, who was ejected just before halftime of Golden State's win in Game 1, walked to the locker room during a timeout, he flashed the middle finger on each hand at the fans.

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      Green got stitches for a right eye laceration and returned for the start of the second quarter.

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      Gary Payton II was going for a layup when Dillon Brooks chased him down and swung his arm, hitting the Warriors guard across the head.
      PHOTO: AP
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