The viral moment ended up being the strongest memory from an otherwise lackluster game. Green has talked about taking inspiration from rude fans and had an impressive all-around game after this incident. Maybe more “Angel Reese” chants will help his play and the overall Warriors team success if tonight was any indication.
Draymond Green Threatened Fan Over “Angel Reese” Chant
Posted November 17, 2025
NBA fans were confused when Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green confronted a New Orleans Pelicans fan during Sunday’s game. Green went face to face with the fan in a tense moment that put everyone on edge. Security gave the fan a warning and allowed him to stay for the rest of the game without any more controversy coming afterwards.
More information has been revealed about the situation. Sam Green is the name of the fan, and he discussed his side of the story by confirming what he did to make Draymond upset. The story from Sam claims that he started chanting “Angel Reese” at the Warriors star to reference the controversial WNBA player from the Chicago Sky’s style of play.
Green was upset enough to confront the fan in the crowd and almost got physical. Sam also claims that Draymond said he would knock him out if the chants continued. Security separating them prevented the situation from escalating, but Green almost got himself in more trouble with the NBA if he laid a hand on a fan under any context.
Why The Fan Chanted At Draymond
The Last of Us's Isabela Merced on crying to Bella Ramsey's “Take on Me” in episode 4
It was the music shop scene where Ellie's singing to me. And I think what's really beautiful about that is it was a bonus scene in the game. It was really clever and cinematic, the way they showed Dina's reaction to Ellie playing.
[In the show], it's like, I'm fully embracing not only the love I have for her, but also I'm feeling the love that she has for Joel. And that's why it's so emotional. It's a moment of beautiful grief, happy grief, that is so delicate and fragile, and expressed so beautifully through music, and music is such a big component of the game. That song will never be the same. I will never hear it and not think of [Dina and Ellie].
Unsurprisingly, that's one of the moments in the episode I was going to ask about. What was it like to be in the room for Bella's performance?
I mean, Bella is such a gifted singer, and a guitar player, but what's interesting is Ellie
isn't really a singer, so I had to watch Bella dumb down the amazing singing skills they have. They were like, “Can you do that, but a little worse?” Bella had an earpiece and would be playing along to a track, but all of it was live, and just beautiful to witness. The setup was perfect, and so romantic.
That scene was so beautiful and magical, and it reminded me of when we shot the New Year's scene at the dance; again, another very musical sequence, I guess music just does that to me, and everyone. But it was hard for not to cry. They kept telling me, “Please don't cry so early on, if you're gonna cry, save it to the end.” But it was
so hard. I'm such an emotional person with easy access to my crying abilities. It's harder for me not to.
When I first played the game, I was mostly tapped into Ellie's revenge story. But watching this season, it has made me realise just how much it's also a love story, right? And episode four feels like the epitome of that. Not least when Dina expresses her reciprocated love.
I think Dina is trying to process her grief through Ellie as well. By helping her on this mission, it's like, “Maybe this will fix me too.” And that's why she's so desperate to do it. In episode three, she's like, “I loved [Joel] too, you know.” Maybe it's easy to forget that, because it's Ellie's story. But with my character, and my character work, it wasn't as much about what Dina shows, as much about what she hides. More than the pregnancy, I think she's hiding this deep, deep sadness. It's covered up with humour, banter and wit.
When you're able to compartmentalise your thoughts in that way, it's a little bit harder to access them. Wow, there's so much she's holding back. She can't even tell Ellie [about the pregnancy], she can't even admit it to herself. When she says, “I'm pregnant,” it's the first time she says it.
And then she sorts through her bag, and there are like, ten different positive pregnancy tests.
It's really lovely writing to have that be the reason they kiss — it's like a release. That was my goal, in that scene, the word resounding in my head was “release”. Finally the exhaustion of holding something in for so long, the love for Ellie, the pain, the pregnancy, the fear, the vulnerability, it's suddenly
