Heated exchanges in the NBA are commonplace, but seeing one player slap another isn’t every night. So let’s thank Jusuf Nurkic for the entertainment he gave us.
Times are tough in Pheonix. The results are not there and logically the nerves are a little tense and it is not Jusuf Nurkic who will say the opposite.
Tonight, the Suns hosted the Mavericks. Quickly, Dallas took a lead that the Cactus were unable to regain. We could have lost interest in this match, but that was without counting on good old Jusuf Nurkic.
On an innocuous low post position like we see every day, the Bosnian sends Daniel Gafford flying. Naji Marshall and PJ Washington come to see if their teammate is still alive (maybe we’re going overboard a bit), but above all to go and explain things to the Suns player. Except that Jusuf Nurkic is not a fan of discussion.
Neither one, nor two, he slaps Naji Marshall. A nice slap that would make Obélix jealous. The Maverick responds with a right hand, his fist tightly clenched, which misses the target.
Oh dam, Jusuf Nurkic and Naji Marshall was squabbling pic.twitter.com/ndaT5enri7
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod ???????? (@big_business_) https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/1872848967719108876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The tension rises a notch, which is rather logical when it comes to blows and it is PJ Washington who brings the end to this affair by sending Jusuf to the ground to put an end to this story. Unsurprisingly, all three players were excluded from the match.
Failing to have won the match, the Suns can certainly boast of having won the battle and if that does not add a victory to the balance sheet, it always does the ego good.
To finish on this fight on the floors, we leave you with the reaction of Kyrie Irving, visibly in shock at what he has just seen.
Kyrie was in shock of what was going on between Jusuf Nurkic and Naji Marshall ???? pic.twitter.com/fBdX4exQTX
— Kyrie Center (@kyriecenterig) https://twitter.com/kyriecenterig/status/1872859320129601873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Source texte : Hoop Central
