Cedric Maxwell: Draymond Green’s antics vs. Celtics would have gotten him ‘knocked the (expletive) out in the 1980s’

Draymond Green played with a different level of physicality in Game 2 against the Celtics, something the officials largely let get away with as he pushed the envelope on a number of fronts.

The Celtics voiced their frustration after the game with the leeway Green got from officials. However, one Celtics legend said Green’s play would not have gone unpunished during his era.

Cedric Maxwell, a former NBA Finals MVP and current radio analyst for the Celtics told CLNS Media after Game 2 that Green’s tactics would have led to some drama back in his era.

“That (expletive) that Draymond Green was doing? During the 80s, he’d get knocked the (expletive) out,” Maxwell said.

Green was whistled for one technical foul in the first quarter after a scuffle with Grant Williams but avoided any other serious punishment during the game for his aggression despite needing to be separated from Jaylen Brown in the second quarter after committing a foul and putting his feet over Brown’s head upon landing.

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“For me to sit back and say, oh, I’m going to push it to this edge and try to pull back, that don’t work,” Green said of his play. “I got to be me. So with the first tech, it is what it is. That’s not going to stop me from being aggressive or doing what I do on the basketball court. Just got to live with the results.”

“That’s what he’s going to do,” Brown said of Green. “He’s going to try to muck the game up, try to raise the level of intensity. We’ve got to raise ours. I feel like they got away with a lot tonight, but we’ve got to come ready to play, come ready to meet that physicality on both ends.”

Al Horford tried to downplay Green’s impact after the game though, likely in an attempt not to credit the Warriors forward for his tactics.

“No impact. He’s going to do what he does,” Horford said. “We’re not worried about him. We’re going to do what we do, focus on us. We just didn’t get it done tonight. We’ll be better at home Game 3.”

The Celtics now head back to Boston where they will try to retake the series lead in Game 3 in TD Garden on Wednesday night.