On January 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Nuggets lost to the Jazz 102-125 at home, and in this game, the Jazz won 29 free throws, but the Nuggets only won 8 free throws, which made many Nuggets players and fans are greatly dissatisfied with the referee's blowing scale.
After the game, some media also interviewed the Nuggets' star Jokic on the issue of penalty scale. But Jokic said he would not try to find a referee to protest or theorize.
"I tried not to talk to the referee because I was expelled after trying. So, I'm now even trying to stop talking to them. Jokic said in an interview.
Although Jokic has been very calm, his teammates obviously can't be as calm as he is, for example, Aaron Gordon said directly after the game, "Everyone on the Jazz can get a whistle, then Jokic should also get it." Gordon said.
In this game, Jokic shot 10 of 18 and had a triple-double of 25 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists, but he only scored three free throws in total. On the Jazz side, Gobert and Mitchell both scored seven free throws, Bogdanovic scored six and Clarkson also made five free throws.