Phoenix suns nuggets fan fight series#
Play the rest of the series straight up, and let’s see what happens.
And Nuggets fans will have to endure the same pain and anger that Suns fans are STILL smarting from. For decades, people will discount a Suns series win if Jokic is suspended for Game 5, regardless of whose fault it is. If the playoff run is cut short because of his suspension, we will never know who should have won the series. This is the best Nuggets team of his era. That’s why I don’t want Jokic suspended for Game 5 in this series. It was the best Suns team of the Nash era, and the playoff run got snuffed on nothing but a technicality. To this day we will never know what would have happened if Amare and Boris hadn’t been suspended for Game 5.Īnd I can guarantee you most Suns fans lost sleep over that series for years to come. The Suns lost that Game 5 in 2007, despite it being at home, in part because they had to play the game without two of their best players. 8jBYdKgSOy- Kevin O'Connor May 8, 2023īut I don’t want Jokic suspended, and here’s why.
Jokic technically just went courtside so there’s room for interpretation. Team execs are wondering this too since the rule book says a player should be ejected for entering the stands. TNT broadcasters just asked: Will Nikola Jokic be suspended for Game 5? Why wouldn’t the same hold true for Jokic? In Amare and Boris’ case, they were suspended for Game 5 of a 2-2 playoff series. That’s why the rule is in place.īy rule, Jokic should be suspended for at least one game. This is a 7-foot, 300 pound mega-athlete threatening physicality on everyday people. He simply saw a relatively small guy and shoved him down. Jokic appeared not to even register the fan’s identity. Who cares, ultimately, that the ‘fan’ was Suns owner Mat Ishbia. He ran up, exchanged angry words with a bunch of fans, got into their space, and physically shoved one of them down while he grabbed the basketball back. Nikola Jokic didn’t just run up to the first row of the stands to retrieve a basketball. Jokic never should have gotten himself in that situation. He didn’t get a pass because the fan started it. Artest had a drink spilled on him by a fan first, and then chased that fan down. Yes, Jokic probably thought he was shoving the guy who’d made contact with him.īut more COULD have happened as a result of that shove, and that’s why the league has the rules in place that it has.
Official Pool Report interview with Tony Brothers on the Nikola Jokic incident, which ruled he "deliberately gave a shove and pushed him down." /QfIsUDZRnx- Gerald Bourguet May 8, 2023
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