Draymond Green's mom is justifying her son's actions at Warriors practice last week ... saying he only hit Jordan Poole because he was shoved in the first place.
Mary Babers-Green went to social media to give her two cents on the wild incident ... and essentially put the blame on how Poole handled their interaction, claiming Draymond was not trying to pick a fight.
"That wasn't a Sucker punch," Babers-Green said on Monday. "Dray didn't aggressively go to Poole. His hands were down. Man to Man you go over to talk (to ask what's up, what you say)!"
"Got shoved and reacted," she added. "End of story!"
Mary also believes the incident has been blown out of proportion ... and says the two "can get beyond this."
"Anything is fixable! Everything ain't always what you think you see!"
As we previously reported, Green is taking a few days away from the team after TMZ Sports posted video of the practice punch ... and he has since apologized to the team, Poole and Poole's family.
The punch has been a major topic in the sports world ever since it was released -- but folks appear to be divided on whether or not it was a big deal.
Kenny "The Jet" Smith recently told us violent altercations happen all the time on NBA teams ... calling it nothing but a "scuffle."
If the team feels the same way, Green will be back with the org. sooner than later.