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A detailed reaction to the Nikola Jokic-Mat Ishbia incident in Nuggets vs. Suns Game 4️⃣ | KJM



A detailed reaction to the Nikola Jokic-Mat Ishbia incident in Nuggets vs. Suns Game 4️⃣ | KJM

Keyshawn, JWill and Max react to Nikola Jokic getting an unsportsmanlike technical foul for an incident with Phoenix Suns team owner Mat Ishbia in Game 4.

0:00 Reactions to the incident
2:45 Postgame comments from Nikola Jokic and Michael Malone
5:56 Why did Jokic get a technical foul?
8:49 Breaking down Mat Ishbia holding the ball
11:39 Devin Booker’s Game 4 performance

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48 Comments

  1. 1) that owner overstepped with malintent. crying shame this wont be sanctioned.
    2) jokic lucky that guy touched him first. otherwise he'd be in trouble as per the books, as far as i understand it.
    3) jokic should better work on his nerves. no need to retaliate in a physical way to every foolery. remember when he severely hurt the morris twin whilst blindsiding him.

  2. Jokic would have to give the ball to the ref before inbounding…why are we acting like the ref would let them inbound the ball while a suns player is on the ground?? In no officiated game would that happen. Every official on the planet would allow that player to get up and get back on D. It's a dead ball its not a made basket, rebound, or steal. Harping on that point is flat out disingenuous

  3. When you're in the oppositions stadium and the ball travels into the stands where the fans have access to the ball the player should have left it to the officials to retrieve the ball to avoid any conflict.

  4. Maybe next time keep your Benjamin lined a$$ in your seat and watch the grown men play like you’re there to do.

  5. People watching are not allowed to hold the ball, anyone else doing that would've been ejected. The owner should have been ejected just for holding the ball. After that, it was a bunch of nothing with a flop.

  6. The Phoenix Suns:

    Arrogant new fanbase
    Crybaby shooting guard who’s anointed the next “Kobe” and complains about opposing mascots
    Owner who wants to be a player so bad
    Dirty point guard who can’t stay healthy
    Backup point guard who only recently got good jawing all the time
    Before that they had Mikal Bridges throwing 3 fingers in people’s faces..

    I don’t like the Nuggets that much either but the Suns as a whole are a lot more hate-able.

  7. As an owner in a league that allows sports betting it should come with a large retaliation for getting involved in a game period. He defiled the integrity of the game and in the playoffs. It's absolutely unexceptable he knows better and should be held accountable far beyond any player or fan would. Massive fine and possible lose or being put further back in the draft order. Players have gotten more punishment for the clothes they wear.

  8. If Dejuonte Murray gets suspended or brushing against a ref (much less severe) than The Joke should be suspended as well, stay consistent

    We get it, Murray is just a solid player and not a MVP candidate but that means nothing, treat everyone the same

    so what, everyone wants to see a 7 game series between these two teams but The Joke has no one to blame but himself for putting himself in that situation

    I bet you if this was Dillon Brooks or Kyrie, people would want them suspended

  9. Take it reallllllly slow and watch from 5:30 to 5:31, follow Ishibia's right (our view is the left) hand SWAT the ball back into the stands. Jokic HAS POSSESSION OF THE BALL and Ishbia pops it back into the crowd – That was a purposeful move by Ishbia and he should be called out for it.

    For those thinking I care about the winner? I'd prefer the Suns over Nuggets but I'm a Heat fan. Yeah, I want to see CP3 get his first ring but (if we advance), I'd sooner see Miami face off against an oft-injured pair of KD and CP3 than the ROCK that is the Denver Nuggets.

  10. Basketball is played all over the world. Seats on the court are not allowed anywhere. The only ones who can seat besides the play court are the players, the technical stuff and the referee team. Fans seats are separated from the court with a fence.
    A fan is not allowed to hold the ball! As soon as one gets the ball is supposed to give it back imidiatly.
    If you show the scene from all angels, you will sea that Jokic is looking for the ball, he seas that the owner is holding it and goes to pick it up. As this one doesn't give him the ball back Jokic starts pulling. From this it is clear that the owner tries to influence the game until the Suns player gets up and is back on the court.

  11. I like the sun owner. You never give the ball to opposing team. No way. The ref get the ball back period

  12. Joker – no business running to a fan to wrestle the ball, he can't put it in play anyway, that's the officials job. Post "Malice in the Palace" NBA has been the definition of ZERO Tolerance for players contacting fans and a forearm shiver would qualify. Media talking heads are soft peddling this because they've twice and nearly thrice anointed Jokic MVP and along with that comes "good guy" does everything right clout. If Dillon Brooks had been involved in the exact scenario – ejection from the game and the post-game talking heads would be debating how long should the suspension be.

  13. As a suns fan😂 I almost died laughing, jokic deserved a tech for aggressive acts towards a fan, but I will be upset if he gets suspended.

  14. Key said ishbia played college hoops in the 70's lmao pretty sure hes younger than you key plus hes doing better off than you and you
    r mediocre career $$$

  15. It was a blown dead ball. The replay doesn't show that, but that is why the ref was going there in the first place before any altercation. Jokic's claim it was a 4v5 is invalid as the ref would wait for Okogie to get back onto the court.

  16. This series is way too good to be focusing on that. Let's move on. Booker, Joker, KD and Murray are giving us epic performances. Let's talk hoops and not gossip stuff

  17. the fact that ball ended up in the owners hands is crazy enough but the fact he tried to insert himself in the game is ridiculous. the fan that touched Jokic was ejected so i’m with Key. if we gon eject fans that disrupt the game, owners that disrupt the game should be ejected too.. if you wanna argue you can’t kick a man out of his own house so to speak, fine then he should at least be relegated to the box. as much as i don’t like Mark Cuban and as extra as Steve Balmer is, neither of them woulda fought Jokic for the ball

  18. Owner should've been ejected, but if I'm a Ref, I don't put a home team security guard in that position. That's why they tossed the Alex Jones lookalike instead.

  19. Won’t happen but the owner should be treated like a fan. $$$ talks and nothing gonna happen but he should be fined heavily. A new owner doing this a kicking someone else out and not yourself is setting up a bad look.

  20. The NBA should bump up the max fine for situations like these and then fine him 30 million

  21. why are people even thinking that a NBA REF would let the ball be inbounded with a player in the stands? like i dont get that argument from jokic or malone, and even max keeps saying it. sure, if it was a live ball, the refs will let the play go on, but never on a dead ball. they will never let you inbound a ball in that situation until the suns player is back on the court. i think both of them are idiots (ishbia and jokic) and should get fined, but not a jokic suspension.

  22. Rule 8 Section III—The Throw-In dude needs suspended

    The throw-in starts when the ball is given to the player entitled to the throw-in. He shall release the ball within 5 seconds from the time he receives the ball and controls it. Until the passed ball has crossed the plane of the boundary, no player shall have any part of his person over the boundary line and teammates shall not occupy positions parallel or adjacent to the baseline if an opponent desires one of those positions. The defensive man shall have the right to be between his man and the basket.

  23. jay williams sucking up to his friends is getting old, he is dreadful and then always throwing out who his friends are….

  24. The owner should be reprimanded for delay of game. Jokic did nothing wrong and the owner affected the game. Owner should have been ejected from the front row and fined.

  25. The Suns owner knew what he was doing.
    Delaying the game so that his team can be ready on the inbound.
    And that flop was absolutely shameless.

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