On December 14, Beijing time, the Nuggets played at home against the Wizards, and the Nuggets finally defeated the Wizards 113-107. Jokic had a quasi-triple-double of 28 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists in the game. In fact, Jokic has a good chance to win the 30+20+ triple-double data today, but unfortunately he was expelled when there were more than 6 minutes left in the game!
With just over six minutes left in the fourth quarter, Jokic was knocked to the ground by Dinwiddie in defense. It can be seen from the video replay that Dinwiddie not only hit Jokic's jaw with his elbow, but also hit the knee at the key part of Jokic. The referee did not have any blows in this regard, and Jokic did not complain after getting up and directly participated in the team's attack. Unexpectedly, when doing the hand-to-hand blocking, Jokic was bumped by Dinwiddie again, and was also hugged by Dinwiddie, and the referee still did not have any blows.
At this time, Jokic's emotions could not be controlled, and he yelled angrily at the referee when he returned to the defense, and the referee did not hesitate to give Jokic a technical foul. When Jokic saw that this referee could not communicate, he complained to another referee, the emotions were not very excited, there was no excessive action, did not expect that this referee also did not hesitate to give a T. Jokic was expelled by 2 referees in this way, which is really wronged!
Speaking about Jokic's ouster after the game, Nuggets coach Malone said: "Nikola shouldn't have done that, he knew it himself. It is not wise to receive the T in the fourth quarter and be expelled. We should have better control over our emotions. "I'm going! Malone's remarks are a bit inappropriate, Jokic was obviously targeted by the referee, and you actually openly said to the media that Jokic was unwise? This is enough to communicate with Jokic privately, shouldn't it be public to speak for Jokic and put pressure on the referee?
As a head coach, you all see Jokic being expelled, will the referee still have any scruples about Jokic's blowing in the future? With such a head coach, it's no wonder Jokic is being targeted by referees! Malone's words are really inappropriate, and they are not said on a case-by-case basis, what do you make Jokic think?