The Nuggets took care of business at home Tuesday night, beating the Suns 118–102 in Game 5 to take a 3–2 lead in the series, which shifts back to Phoenix on Thursday for Game 6.
Nikola Jokić had a historic triple-double (29 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists) in the win and had some fun with Shaquille O’Neal about that stat line after the game.
Jokić also had some fun before the game when he playfully gave Suns owner Mat Ishbia a ball to put an end to their rift from that weird moment in Game 4.
Jokić then took a page out of Ishbia’s book during Game 5 when he flopped very hard after getting pushed by Kevin Durant, which resulted in the refs giving Durant a technical foul.
Check it out:
"(Kevin) Durant's not that strong... a lot of flopping in this series." 🏀🎙️😂 pic.twitter.com/wm5hozwWTP
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 10, 2023
NBA fans had jokes:
Who had the better flop, Jokic or Ishbia? pic.twitter.com/5eKqkx87iB
— Mark McClune (@MarkMcClune) May 10, 2023
Jokic with a flop that would make Mat Ishibia blush pic.twitter.com/ExLHgUUn0D
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) May 10, 2023
Jokic with the flop of flops that they only can teach you in Phoenix. https://t.co/TYfSezEHaa
— Duvalier Johnson (@DuvalierJohnson) May 10, 2023
Mat Ishbia to Nikola Jokic after seeing his flop. pic.twitter.com/T3obmToU8x
— Brendan Sugrue (@BrendanSugrue) May 10, 2023
Ernie describing the Jokic flop as "He's got that Ishbia move!" Is straight comedy
— Lance (@Not__Lance) May 10, 2023
Ishbia's flop seeing Jokic's flop pic.twitter.com/NMOigHapwG
— Ina Obra (@ReinaObra) May 10, 2023
Jokic def making fun of the Suns’ owner’s flop the other night 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/laAqleXGyl
— Kohlbs (@k_burke13) May 10, 2023
Jokic put up a triple double but this flop on the KD shove was the highlight of his performance tonight 😅pic.twitter.com/N5YytGZ9xO
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) May 10, 2023
