One more tech, and Green was gone. The officials went to the replay monitor, and came back with a strange ruling. Green was hit with a flagrant foul, but not a technical, for apparently using his left leg to "push Eason's face into the ground."

With only 13 seconds on the clock and the Houston Rockets trailing by one point, Ime Udoka, Alperen Sengun and the Rockets made the decision to go at Draymond Green. With the game on the line, Sengun drove one-on-one against Green before throwing up a contest shot that clanked off the rim and into the hands of Jimmy Butler on a game-sealing rebound.

The Rockets had possession in the final seconds of the contest down by one point, 107-106. Houston inbounded the ball to Alperen Sengun who worked on Green off the dribble at the top of the key. He moved down to the paint just inside the free throw line, took a turnaround hook shot and missed.