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7 months ago

May 8, 2023

Jokic scores 53 points, but causes controversy with Suns owner

After shining in the series against the Phoenix Suns, Jokic fired criticism at the owner of the rival franchise and demanded greater care from the NBA

On the night of last Sunday, 07, the pivot Nikola Jokic made history with denver nuggets and scored 53 points. In game four of the semifinal series against phoenix suns, the player shone and reached the highest mark of his career. However, the star NBA got involved in controversy with the owner of the rival franchise even during the second quarter of the match.

At the time, Jokic tried to take the ball from the hand of one of the Phoenix fans. After getting tangled up with josh okogie, the pivot wanted to speed up the return of the game and went on top of the Suns fan. However, the attempt to catch the ball ended up bumping into Mat Ishbiawhich owns the rival Denver Nuggets franchise in the NBA semifinals.

Devin Booker shines with his 3rd straight 35+ point game as the @Suns win Game 4 to tie the series!
Kevin Durant: 36 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST
Nikola Jokic: 53 PTS (DEN Playoff record), 11 AST
DEN/PHX Game 5: Tues, 10pm/et on TNT pic.twitter.com/aBv9yNeCpe
—NBA (@NBA) May 8, 2023
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With the bump of Nikola Jokic, Ishbia ended up falling and complained a lot with the referees. Upon seeing the move, the referee called a technical foul by the Nuggets center. Still dissatisfied after the game and the defeat, Jokic criticized the behavior of the fans and demanded greater care from the NBA in cases of this type during the matches.

“(The referee) told me that I had elbowed the fan. But the fan put his hand on me first. I think the league should protect us on things like this, but maybe I’m wrong. His hands were on me. Won’t the NBA protect me? Will they protect the fans? Not me as a person, I’m talking as a player“, vented Jokic in conversation with journalists.

Jokic in action in the NBA — Jokic continues to shine for the Denver Nuggets (Credit: GettyImages)

“He’s a fan. I know who he is, but he’s a fan fan, isn’t he? He cannot influence play by holding the ball. I’m sure we can protect our home court. We’ve been doing this all season. We did our job (in games 1 and 2 in Denver). They did their job here. I think in the end it will be an interesting game“, finished.