Here are the facts as we know them about the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns incident involving Nikola Jokic and Suns owner Mat Ishbia: The latter held on to the basketball that Jokic thought he could grab and use immediately with Josh Okogie stuck on the floor for a 5-on-4.
Ishbia didn’t give up the ball and appeared to flop as Jokic caught him with a little nudge of his forearm. But the point here is that Jokic made contact with someone — an NBA owner, although the Nuggets keep referring to Ishbia as a fan, which is the case they appear to be making here — sitting by the court.
