Nuggets star Nikola Jokic will be fined $25,000 but reportedly won’t be suspended for his role in a scuffle with Suns owner Mat Ishbia.
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic will be fined $25,000 – but won't be suspended – for his role in a sideline scuffle with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia during Sunday night’s Game 4, according to ESPN basketball insider Adrian Wojnarowski.
Suns owner Mat Ishbia holds onto a loose ball out of bounds. Jokic went to go get it. Some tussling ensued. Joker with a little push on Ishbia - and he flops down. What a crazy sequence. #Nuggets @DenverChannel #NBAPlayoffs #BringItIn pic.twitter.com/K2iTOy0U4v “I was hoping they’d give [Ishbia] a flopping charge,” Malone said. “That’s probably the only fine I could imagine. [...] Nikola was just trying to get the ball. I felt the embellishment was almost comical from my standpoint.”
"The fan put his hand on me first," Jokic said."I thought the league was supposed to protect [players] but maybe I'm wrong."
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