Draymond Green says White referee's gesture toward him felt disrespectful 'as a Black man in America'

Green was upset that Orr, who is White, put his hand in his face.

"I will tell you, though. I find it very ironic that I got a technical foul for telling a Caucasian referee not to put his hand in my face. As a Black man in America, don't put your hand in my face," Green said.

"I said, 'Hey, don't put your hand in my face.' And I got a tech. So I thought that was the most interesting thing of the night, next to my bobblehead."

Green then criticized the official and said respect is a two-way street.

"He said, 'Draymond, this is your chance to stop talking to me. (I responded) 'Bro, don't put your hand in my face.' Oh, tech. Oh! OK. Everybody wants to talk about holding a line of respect. That line needs to be held both ways. So if the line won't be held both ways, then the line won't be held from my way either, because we're all men and we all can make decisions and choices. So let that be the last time that that happens," he said.

Green also leads all active NBA players in technical fouls and passed Anthony Mason for seventh place on the all-time leaderboard earlier this month. He needs two more to pass Dwight Howard and 60 more after that to pass Dennis Rodman and enter the top five.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.