{"id":348036,"date":"2023-11-21T01:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348036"},"modified":"2023-11-21T03:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T03:01:09","slug":"nba-champion-coach-mvp-kicked-out-of-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348036","title":{"rendered":"NBA champion coach, MVP kicked out of game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning NBA MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/nikola-jokic\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Nikola Jokic\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/denver-nuggets\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Nuggets\">Nuggets<\/a> coach Mike Malone were ejected in the first half of Denver&#x27;s game at Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic received his first technical for arguing a call in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Malone was ejected for going onto the court to dispute a call late in the period. Malone looked like he was going to go face to face with the official but continued his journey to the locker room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-final-2023-team-of-the-tournament-glenn-maxwell-adam-zampa\/4e392741-8a92-4c9c-8681-b10b1fe7b9af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>World Cup&#x27;s baffling snub for Aussie hero<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/draft-2023-shock-moment-draftee-gets-selected-gws-giants-phoenix-gothard\/d8fdcbc2-bfca-44ce-9c6d-3c210f7e4c74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AFL draft stunned as player&#x27;s plus-one gets picked<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-the-mole-wests-tigers-sign-fijian-prop-gordon-whippy\/3b519af5-7fe0-4223-a6fa-d874b86e39e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Benji snaps up explosive Fijian in Tigers rebuild<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jokic was tossed after arguing another call with 1:22 left in the first half.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"398e4b26-b796-4e76-abb7-25b6ac8011eb\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/398e4b26-b796-4e76-abb7-25b6ac8011eb\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3300\" data-height=\"2200\" \/><img data-id=\"be13f02e-ab42-4e6b-8c39-3d5603829f22\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/be13f02e-ab42-4e6b-8c39-3d5603829f22-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3300\" data-height=\"2200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jokic had nine points, five rebounds and five assists in 15:13 minutes before being tossed.<\/p>\n<p>It was the eighth career ejection for the two-time MVP and his first since the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets led 56-55 at half-time. The Pistons (2-12) entered play with an 11-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Denver entered the night with a 9-4 record as the franchise attempts to defend its 2023 NBA Championship, although the Nuggets were riding a two-game losing streak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and Nuggets coach Mike Malone were ejected in the first half of Denver&#x27;s game at Detroit. Jokic received his first <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348036\" title=\"NBA champion coach, MVP kicked out of game\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348041,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348036\/revisions\/348041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/348038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}