In Nuggets and Suns, Durant pushes Jokic and new controversy arises

Nuggets It is Suns measured forces last Tuesday, 9, and Kevin Durant and Nikola Jokic starred in the controversial move of the match. It is worth mentioning that the Denver team was again in front of the aggregate score and was one victory away from the vacancy in the conference final. In front of their fans, the team gave Phoenix no chance and achieved a 118-102 victory.

However, as much as it was another great match between Nuggets and Suns, another push was the protagonist of the game. Once again with Jokic involved, the fans who were present at the Ball Arena saw Kevin Durant lose patience and push his rival. It all happened when Nikola accompanied his rival to the bench to try to listen to the instructions of coach Monty Williams.

Durant didn’t seem to be satisfied with Jokic’s attitude and pushed his rival. The bid generated a conflict between the two on the court and the gym went crazy. Even so, after the match, the Suns star downplayed what happened: “It was nothing serious. They were excited. They were favorites and we were trying to come up with some stuff. And you know how it is. I think it was nothing“.

The move in question happened in the third period and with 37.6 seconds left for the end of it. As Brooks attempted a pitch, Jokic leaned against the bench and tried to spy on the play that Monty Williams was passing to Kevin Durant. After the match, Nikola also made a point of saying that he didn’t want to create controversy: “Just to see the game, I think it could help us a lot“.

The Suns coach, in a press conference, showed all his irritation with Jokic’s attitude and charged the NBA for an attitude: “The league has to look into all these things, man. There’s a lot of bullshit going on in the NBA when it comes down to it. Everyone does it, and it should be like a written rule that you shouldn’t get close to anyone.“.

It is important to note that Bruce Brown was also involved in the controversy. Alongside Jokic, he also got a push from Durant. The player suffered a technical foul, but Nikola took advantage of the tense moment between Nuggets and Suns to relax: “I mean, of course it’s the reaction. I don’t know why Bruce reacted to that, because if he didn’t react, we would have a technical free throw, but he reacted, so we didn’t have free throws. So actually I’m blaming Bruce’“.

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