SAN FRANCISCO -- LeBron James says he's 'all right' after taking a nasty hit from Draymond Green during the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors' 126-91 rout on Monday night.

"I think his shoulder hit me in the face," James said when asked to describe the play. "It happened so fast, I didn't even know who it was. I'm a football player."

After laying face down on the Oracle Arena hardwood near half court for a brief moment, James popped up and shrugged it off while walking to the sidelines.

His teammates, Tristan Thompson and Richard Jefferson, got in Green's face before Warriors power forward David West intervened, trying to prevent the situation from escalating.

"I have to look at it," Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said. "I didn't really see it."

After a lengthy review, Green was assessed a flagrant foul 1 and technical for his dust-up with Richard Jefferson, who also received a technical foul for his part. James split the pair of free throws and the Cavs cut the deficit to 14 points a few different times before the Warriors finished the first half on an 18-3 flurry.

Following the game, the Warriors unsurprisingly downplayed the hit.

Head coach Steve Kerr referred to it as a "normal foul." Stephen Curry said it didn't cause him to have flashbacks of Game 4 of the NBA Finals when an on-court skirmish between James and Green led to Green's Game 5 suspension.

The league will take a look at the play once again in the coming days and decide if there's any reason to rescind Green's flagrant, which has generated plenty of chatter, especially given Green's history.

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"It's bogus," TNT Analyst Charles Barkley said of the referee's determination after a lengthy review.

The Cavs and Warriors have matched up in the last two NBA Finals and could be on a collision course again this season. Golden State holds the league's top record while Cleveland still sits atop the Eastern Conference.

There has been plenty of trash talk, hard fouls and on-court run-ins, with Monday being the latest example. The Warriors' blown 3-1 Finals lead was the theme of James' Halloween party. There's obviously bad blood between the two sides. And yet, James once again stopped short of using the R-word in the locker room after Golden State ended its four-game losing skid against the Cavaliers.

"I don't think it's a rivalry," he said. "I think it's two great teams that have aspirations. I don't believe I've ever had a rivalry in the NBA. Too many guys move and go places, teams have different looks. It's totally different from the '80s when obviously we saw the Celtics and Lakers go at it so much. And I don't know if this is a rivalry."