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Originally Posted by dirk digler
He went into the stands and shoved a spectator. I have no dog in this fight but that is what he did. Ask yourself if that was Draymond Green would you have a different reaction? I assume you would.
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Not a chance. My issues with Draymond are with dirty plays on court (i.e. kicking players in the balls repeatedly and stomping on their chests), not with trying to make a quick high IQ decision to get out on a fast break only to be prevented from doing so by an owner who wanted to get involved in the action.
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Jokic tries to grab the ball, a little tug of war happens and it goes up into the stand.
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It went up into the stands because the owner refused to release the ball to an actual player on the court and then knocked it away further into the crowd so Jokic couldn't get it. This is obvious from watching the replay.
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Some words were exchanged by Jokic who basically says get the **** out of here, shoves Ishbia with an elbow. Another fan pushes Jokic and I believe Isiah Thomas grabs his jersey. BTW that is not Jokic job to get the ball, it is the refs and the ref has to start the play.
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After knocking the ball away from Jokic, the owner then proceeded to step to Jokic (instead of sitting down as most people would have done), putting his hands on his back, and then Jokic moves him out of the way with his arm before he flops and exaggerates the contact (no doubt to draw a technical foul or ejection on the best player in the series, which he accomplished).
Also, it is Jokic's job to get the ball if they want to get out on the fast break while they have a numbers advantage. If he left it to the ref to get it, the Suns player would have gotten up and gotten back into the play. There is nothing about the play that is unusual (many players do this when they sense a fast break opportunity or numbers advantage) other than the fact that the owner refused to release the ball and got involved in the action.