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Denver Nuggets All-Star center Nikola Jokic was assessed a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 on Sunday after an altercation with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia.Jokic was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday afternoon, the league announced in a news release.Late in the second quarter, Suns guard Josh Okogie crashed into the seats while trying to save a loose ball. He landed in a group of fans on the baseline that included Ishbia, who grabbed the basketball. Jokic was trying to get the basketball quickly mdash; apparently so the Nuggets could start their offensive possession mdash; when he tried to take the ball away from Ishbia. The ball flew backward into the crowd, and then Ishbia was knocked backward by Jokic s elbow. Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Nikola Jokic just had a tense moment. Jokic received a technical foul for shoving Ishbia. pic.twitter/1RxC5wNPPRmdash; Evan Sider stanley cup y @esidery May 8, 2023 Jokic was unapologetic after the game, which the Suns won 129-124. The fan put the hand on stanley cup me first, Jokic said. I thought the league was supposed to protect us. Maybe I am wrong. I know who he is, but he is a fan. Isn t he Said Nuggets coach Michael Malone: Jokic is going to get the ball and some fan is holding on to the ball like he wants to be part of the game. Just give the ball up, man. There were a few minutes of confusion as officials sorted out the weird scene, and then Jokic was stanley cup assessed a technical foul. T Sobj Best friends from Compton make good on pact to succeed
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a six-week abortion ban into law on Friday. It marks the strictest abortion regulation in the nation. It also sets the s af1 tate up for a lengthy court fight. The Republican governor signed the bill in her form salomon al office at the state Capitol.Reynolds acknowledged the new law would likely be challenged in court, but said this is bigger than just a law. As she signed the bill, protesters gathered outside her office chanted my body, my choice! Reynolds issued a statement Friday saying this is about life. I understand and anticipate that this will likely be challenged in court, and that courts may even put a hold on the law until it reaches the Supreme Court. However, this is bigger than just a law, she said in a statement.Maggie DeWitte, who leads the group Iowans for Life, called Reynolds air max 1 move historic. We couldn t be more pleased, DeWitte said. She is following through on her pledge to the people of Iowa that she is 100 percent pro-life. Mississippi bans abortions at 15 weeks, earliest in U.S. 01:00 The bill signing came shortly after the Iowa affiliates of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union warned that they would sue the governor if she signed the bill, which the Republica