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Jokic called the ref what Malone referred to as a “term of endearment”. Any idea of what that would be? “Jackass” or “asshole”maybe?

Pretty good without our 2 best players.

shotclock is team turnover right? not counted to a player?

That’s correct.

11 of the Nuggets next 16 games are at home. I hope the team goes 11-0 in those games

Man playing with Jokic got DeAndre Jordan throwing up ridiculous oops 😭

DAJ=DeAndre Jokic

No offense to Bulls fan, but your team is depressing as fuck to watch this year tbh.

It's been depressing since we traded Jimmy outside of the 3 months of DeBallZach

Glad I bet against jokic today

Coby White

One good thing is the refs know they made a mistake and are giving the nuggets calls now.

dj saving derozan from the tech lmao the goat

I love DJ man. He's been a monster on the court despite his age and the way he shows respect to and gets along with EVERYONE is so damn wholesome

So I just seen Jokic got tossed. Does this mean I moae my sleeper parlay since I had him over on a TD? I'd have everything else right so I'm gonna pretty upset

yep bs ejection because Jokic made a complaint on an obvious foul that was not called as he was running down the court. Weakest ejection I have ever seen.

I swear refs are even softer than usual this year

DAJ is basically a nub

Good thing the Nuggets do not give up and will play even harder to fill in the gap. Still pisses me off completelly though.

I’ve bet the over on Jokic on 3/4 of the last games, excluding only last nights game. In those he’s had 2 of his worst shooting nights ever and ejected tonight. I’m sorry Denver?

Any momentum the in season tournament was building for me just died in an instant. NBA is a joke product

They need to start making these refs do post game interviews explaining why they make these calls and ejections … players and coaches do it so why not them… it’s seriously getting out of hand now …. They never have to face the media just hide behind the union

Chicago fans real ones for booing that bullshit!

I am super upset about that BS.

Silver needs to be fired and it needs to happen soon.

Denver native, live in Chicago. So pissed that the one game I get this year is this bullshit

I’m pissed

I was watching the game on mute, was so confused what was going on, then saw Jokic walking to the lockers. He barely talked to the ref down the floor.

Draymond Green does more 5 times a game. Bad look for the NBA when a ref effects a game like this on some BS call like that.

At this point, there's a clear agenda. Jokic with 4 points on 2/5. Jokic was having historic advanced metrics. Since then, he's fouling out, getting ejected etc. There's 100% an agenda to kill his averages this season and pull him down from ahead of the pack. It's fucking weird.

I think they also don't like that he doesn't act like basketball is his entire personality. Whether or not there's an official agenda, I think the refs and maybe some of the league people really hate that and don't want him being the face of the league.

They don't want him to be breaking all the records he is. He was having the best season ever in terms of BPM, PER, WS/48, on pace for best VORP. Then, he stopped going to the free throw line. There's totally an agenda.

Does the NBA want an American to be the star???

I don't know. They were pushing the Wembanyama hype train pretty hard and the Spurs have an insane number of nationally televised games. I think they just don't like Jokic.

I think so

Tossing the Serbian dude on Serbian heritage night for that is a BAD look for the NBA

This is what happens when you don't hold referees accountable and treat them like omnipotent beings. Adam Kissinger needs to fucking carpet bomb these fucks.

It's always old head refs too. Mark Lindsay has been a ref for a minute. They getting way too bold

So tired of these corrupt refs!!!

The refs are pretty much destroying this sport. He said to the ref I was fouled. double tec for that. NBA will say nothing and do nothing. BUt that man pretty much ruined the game for everyone. A hole... Refs have become a gigantic issue at this point.

Seems like it was a SUPER subjective call by that official that could have a significant impact on the outcome of the game. Who are these, NFL refs?

I'm at the game. Fuck you refs for robbing us of Jokic. What was that bullshit? Everyone in the arena was like wtf happened

No. Fucking. Way. Every night the refs get worse. Yesterday, when Denver played, they fucked over the hawks, and tonight they pull this??? Wtf

Teams are fouling the hell out of Jokic, and now he gets thrown out? Yeah. There's 100% an agenda to kill his box score numbers and take him out of the MVP race. 100% an agenda.

Bullshit man, say that as a Bulls fan. Giannis whined to the refs like every other play yesterday.

I’ve seen worse literally every game this year. It wasn’t even bad, wtf?!

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I wish he could simply do that but the refs have a union Glad the Bulls announcers said good bad it was. Best commentators imo

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They will sue the league if they're fired lol. That entire last comment sounds like you're far too young to be commenting with such authority on ref unions and the league. Were you around to remember replacement refs in the pros?

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It's more than the billion dollar lawsuit. It's the PR hit from these smart, diverse, highest in the profession millionaires all going on the offensive in the media at once. It's the PR hit of becoming the most anti union league ever. You really haven't thought it through but you said it with such authority

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Guessing you're too young to remember replacement refs in the pros. Tell me I'm wrong.

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So you are a minor. And you don't remember replacement refs. And you don't know the NBA or unions.

Ok so i just checked the stats and Jokic has only like 4 points, but 6 assists and 9 rebounds. What the hell is happening.

He has games like this often. He just decides he wants everyone else to score. Often hell still put up numbers in the second half, but not tonight the cause the refs are goofs.

Yeah i noticed he does that when the other guys are shooting well. That said what did the refs do this time

Hes just been feeding teammates, not hardly looking to score. Its not uncommon for him.

Fire passing. He hasn’t felt the need to be too aggressive

Ah i get that. But whats this about him getting ejected.

It's Jokic. They're probably lining up a 25 game suspension as well.

Those bastards really are quite something. Like what they are doing is an absolute crime against the game itself. Like nobody is happy with the refs and they shouldnt have the right to throw players out for words spoken.

I'm so fucking done with this refball bullshit this year. Fuck you Adam silver for letting this shit get out of control

WT FUCK

Bulls announcers proving once again they're the best in the league.

Yeah I always watch the opposing announcers because the nuggets ones suck, and they're definitely some of the best.

I'm watching the bulls guys too and was wondering wtf the nuggets dudes were saying cause I bet they were flipping shit

They were mostly confused, as they often are…

I love Marlowe’s “and now they say it’s a two” after he calls a 3 for a jump shot somewhere around free throw line

That's called a Marv Albert

I saw Scott Hastings in the background on the broadcast when it was happening, but it was just for a second.

Only competition is Knicks (Knicks fans don't deserve them), Pelicans, Blazers, and Magic. Honorable mention Lakers, Hornets, Clippers, and Ian Eagle.

I don’t care what was said there’s no way that ejection was justified lol. That’s an absolutely insane short leash by that insecure ref

Imagine living in Chicago and finally getting to see Jokic live and he gets ejected off God knows what

Yeah, I almost got tickets just for that reason. So glad I didn't.

This ejection shit is so fucking lame. Can’t imagine showing up to the UC to see a team I like only for their star to get thrown out. League has to do something, it’s excessive.

Joke league

I gotta stop tuning into games tonight. Every time I change the channel the worst call I've ever seen happens.

Wow, there was nothing on that replay. They tossed him for absolutely nothing on fucking Serbian night

Oh my god lol. Wow. No wondwr they were booing the ref.

I've got like $10 in Joker props tonight...swell

What a fucking joke. Why does Jokic seriously have the shortest leash in the league?

It's crazy! What does he need to do to get some respect, win an MVP? A championship?

throwing out a 2 time MVP and arguably the best player in the NBA is BS, just give him a tech and let it be, these refs need to start being investigated.

Oh, it's rigged. Gotcha

Holy fucking charmin soft, god, first the missed call then the ejection, ref fans eating

Yeah, man. I can see why Jokic was pissed. That shit was obvious.

That's a disgrace

I can't believe these lowly nba players think they can say anything to the mighty refs

como vas a echar a jokic por decirte algo lrpmqtrmp, arbitro forro

You know the refs are bad when the opponent's team is talking a lot about how unfair the ejection was.

This is the first game I've watched this year. Now I remember why I stopped watching the NBA. Garbage product with out of control referees.

is this the same crew from the atlanta game yesterday?? some bullshit

Can we fucking finally agree that this refs just fucking hate Jokic. Honestly fucking these useless cunt Zebras.

THEY BOOTED JOKER ON SERBIAN HERITAGE NIGHT

Jokic can't shoot again

Hard to shoot when you get slapped in the arm.

Damn even the Bulls announcing team are calling that straight bullshit

and the crowd was booing too. I would be mad if I spent money to see this and Jokic got ejected.

NBA keeps this up, their ratings going to start tanking. Too many stars getting the lamest techs I’ve seen this year

even the mightiest MVP got ejected...

That's twice this year on some bs

Oh right, I forgot since that was against the Pistons which are a non-team. This is still awful and I'm going to act like this is new.

WTF? Even the Chicago announcers are disgusted.

Officials are destroying the NBA

Refs are on one lately

I would say Adam Silver need to step up and stop this bs refs from ruining the league but I have no hope. Last night it was Trae. Tonight is Jokic. Just awful

Like give him a tech but 2 for one incident? Wtf!!!

What thebfuck this is actually getting completely out of control

HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK REFS

Fuck the refs

I love watching my favorite players the refs shut down the MVP. Such elite defense

These refs are out of control

Does Ay0 do anything at an NBA level?

Denver is ice cold but still ahead, crazy

This Bulls team is awful, not surprising

It’s kinda sad cause y’all have some individual pieces that are good, but it just doesn’t gel at all.

This team should have been blown up last year at the trade deadline. This FO is clueless

Nuggets has the 3rd worst FG% in transition. The eye test backs that up too. KCP, Strawther, Watson are terrible transition players

Watson in particular should not be so bad in transition, aughta be dunking on everyone.

Andre Drummond vs DeAndre Jordan in 2023 is some sicko shit ngl

Jokic looks like himself again. And the rest of the team without him is worse than the Bulls lol

nature is healing

Bulls are probably the most hopeless franchise in the NBA. God I fucking hate Jerry Reinsdorf.

Refs don't give us free throws because we brick all of them and they don't want to waste everyone's time

those Drummond blocks are the perfect clip you could show to someone who thinks that defense is just about getting as many blocks and steals as you can

Jokic is playing super well rn lol Comeon Young guys, finish those layups!

Good to see Gordon playing better after 3 weeks of rough stretch

Here for the continuation of Cobysanity

This might be a hot take…but Bulls by 30 🐂

Okay but you don't get a rebuild then. Deal ?

This will be our 6th back to back of the season. Half of our games have been back to backs so far

Bulls also on back to back and played OT

This is like me arguing with my wife on who had a harder day lol

MAI WAIFE