Draymond Green didn't want Tristan Thompson to be suspended during The Finals following their altercation at the end of Game 1.

The NBA was considering a suspension for Thompson until they interviewed Green.

Green was asked by the NBA whether he expected any negative emotions with Thompson to spill over into Game 2. Green refuted that notion, even when explaining the moment when Thompson shoved the ball in his face.

"Man, it's the Warriors versus the Cavaliers, not the Bloods versus the Crips," Green said to the NBA.

The NBA Finals MVP has often also been the player to have the highest PER in the series, but there have been a number of years during the Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James era where that hasn't been the case.

- Finals MVP in parentheses 

1991: Michael Jordan: 34.1 (Michael Jordan)

1992: Michael Jordan: 27.1 (Michael Jordan)

1993: Michael Jordan: 31.7 (Michael Jordan)

1994: Hakeem Olajuwon: 25.6 (Hakeem Olajuwon)

1995: Hakeem Olajuwon: 25.7 (Hakeem Olajuwon)

1996: Shawn Kemp: 27.5 (Michael Jordan)

1997: Michael Jordan: 29.3 (Michael Jordan)

1998: Michael Jordan: 28.7 (Michael Jordan)

1999: Tim Duncan: 28.0 (Tim Duncan)

2000: Shaquille O’Neal: 36.6 (Shaquille O’Neal)

2001: Shaquille O’Neal: 33.8 (Shaquille O’Neal)

2002: Shaquille O’Neal: 38.5 (Shaquille O’Neal)

2003: Tim Duncan: 30.4 (Tim Duncan)

2004: Chauncey Billups: 29.3 (Chauncey Billups)

2005: Chauncey Billups: 24.4 (Tim Duncan)

2006: Dwyane Wade: 30.5 (Dwyane Wade)

2007: Tony Parker: 25.4 (Tony Parker)

2008: Ray Allen: 20.6 (Paul Pierce)

2009: Kobe Bryant: 28.7 (Kobe Bryant)

2010: Pau Gasol: 25.3 (Kobe Bryant)

2011: Dwyane Wade: 32.6 (Dirk Nowitzki)

2012: Mike Miller: 33.7 (LeBron James)

2013: LeBron James: 29.2 (LeBron James)

2014: LeBron James: 32.6 (Kawhi Leonard)

2015: LeBron James: 27.5 (Andre Iguodala)

2016: LeBron James: 33.4 (LeBron James)

2017: Kevin Durant: 32.6 (Kevin Durant)

2018: Kevin Durant: 31.1 (Kevin Durant)

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 in Game 4 to win the 2018 NBA championship. This marks the Warriors' third title in four seasons.

Kevin Durant was named MVP of The Finals for the second straight season.

Stephen Curry had 37 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks in Game 4.

According to the NBA, the vote for Finals MVP was seven for Durant and four for Curry.

The cost to advertise during the 2018 NBA Finals is up from 2017.

An ad spot for Game 3 is averaging $634,627 per unit. In 2017, ad ad unit was going for $607,156 per unit.

Using those figures as a guideline, ABC will lose out on as much as $50 million in ad sales revenue for each game the Finals is cut short by.

According to AdWeek, the upfront unit cost is $679,000 for 2018 compared to $535,325 in 2017.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will give minutes to Rodney Hood in Game 3 of The Finals.

Hood has fallen out of the Cavaliers' rotation during the playoffs.

Hood is one of the Cavaliers' best individual scorers and also has the length to defend multiple positions on defense in their switching scheme.

Hood will be a restricted free agent this offseason.

LeBron James has generally been incrementally better in The Finals as his career has progressed, beginning in 2007 at the age of 22.

2007: 13.4
2011: 17.1
2012: 29.7
2013: 29.2
2014: 32.6
2015: 27.5
2016: 33.4
2017: 30.7
2018: 37.0

With The Finals featuring the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers for the four straight season, there have been concerns voiced about the lack of parity in the NBA.

The league has always uniquely titled towards superstars as well as an infrequency for upsets due to the seven-game series format.

With two more Finals remaining in the current decade, there have been five different champions and eight different finalists.

The below chart shows a decade-by-decade look at how much parity there has been in terms of The Finals. The almost universally celebrated 1980s stands out as the decade with the least amount of parity in the modern era considering there were so few teams still when the Boston Celtics dominated the 1960s.

What happened in one snapshot in The Finals on Sunday, June 3, 2018.

Tristan Thompson has been fined $25,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection and for shoving the basketball in the face of Draymond Green.

The incident occurred with 2.6 seconds remaining in overtime of the Warriors’ 124-114 win over the Cavaliers on Thursday, May 31 at Oracle Arena. 

Thompson’s Flagrant 2, which was assessed for his actions in contesting a jump shot by Warriors guard Shaun Livingston, was downgraded to a Flagrant 1 upon league office review. The foul occurred directly prior to Thompson’s interaction with Green.

Overnight ratings for Game 1 of the 2018 Finals were down slightly from 2017 with a 12.3.

The Game 1 rating is down just six percent from the all-time Game 1 high of the 2016 opener.

Game 1 overnight ratings of Warriors-Cavaliers by year:

2018 — 12.3
2017 — 12.4
2016 — 13.1
2015 — 12.9