[Highlight] Anthony Edwards tickles Jokic at the free throw line and then gets a talking to by the ref
This fucking rivalry will be the death of me.
I’m pretty sure I got a gray hair from this game.
I’m at work right now after not sleeping until 2 am because of adrenaline. Had to get up at 6:45.
Same almost, was in bed 11 pst, had to wake up for work at 5. If it was anyone but the Nuggets I would’ve went to bed. But that Ant 3 point tie made me want to run through a wall.
Tough to sleep after that ending.
Yup. That first quarter from Ant sucked me in. I had to watch
Same 😆
The main contributor of high blood pressure of both teams’ fans. My heart is beating so damn fast man
feels like Batman and the Joker, enemies who need each other to exist
forever trapped in an endless repetition of insanity barnburner games
As a middle aged man on the east coast who had to wake up early to do some driving: Ant couldn’t just let it end in regulation? Have to spike my heart rate to 150 at 1:15 in the fucking morning? Also, total class to come back out to get that kid his jersey. Hate y’all but also, love it too.
I think the Wolves-Nuggets thing is my favorite rivalry in all of sports. I love watching you guys play when it’s not against us but goddamn do these games age me
In this case I guess it is antman and the joker
It’s so fun
Ant seem like he was trying to rage bait Jokic for that entire OT.
Ironically he raged himself right out of the game.
Refs did that to him
🙂🙃🙂
The refs MADE him act like a little shithead.
Yeah
Defending childish behavior. You must be 12.
U sound like you’re on the homeowners association
TIL preferring my team’s players to act like an adult = being in the HOA.
Gotta give it to ya- you reached real far for that one. I hope you stretched first- wouldn’t want you to pull a muscle.
You sound like you don’t have the credit score to buy a house.
C’mon man
Pathetic cope lol your star is a manchild
Awwww
That Kermit character didn’t require Ant to act much, did it?
Jokic has 48. Ant has 42 right now
These two.😅😂
What a game!
Lol why would you do that 😂
Ogre need tickle to pass on bridge
wtf does that mean?
insert drake and yachty gif
Trying to touch Jokic hands so he can steal whatever juju he was on
My thoughts exactly
He’s trying to outshithouse the master Dillon Brooks
he was vibing, best game of the year and his in it.
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You are talking like this is the highest stage of NBA analisys… Just chill, mate.
Lmao hilarious yet accurate title
not really. if you look at the frames Ant was trying to grab his wrist. idk who tf has ticklish wrists lol
Idk why you’re being downvoted lmao. The title is funny but he very obviously is not trying to tickle him
I mean this is why he got a quick double tech seconds later. Refs gave him a leeway and he kept pushing it
Didn’t he get two separate techs? One poking the ball away or was that just delay of game?
That was just a delay of game. He got two right after (because Murray shot two FTs). Nobody on the broadcast even knew it until they showed him walking off the court
Just to be clear, finch fit a warning for delay of game earlier in the game. So that was clearly a tech
No, Randle did, but he pointed to the bench because they’re team techs. That (or the other delay of game) had nothing to do with Ant’s two techs he got for ejection.
Yeah that and this were like 20 seconds apart. He didn’t two dumb things in a row and was on a short leash.
What was the second tech for?
He gave Scott foster the finger
Can you drop a link? I’d love to see that.
Ant / Jokic is the most fun player matchup to watch in the league. Pure cinema
tryna psych him out
Didn’t seem to work out though.
Jokic played in Serbia. These things don’t get to him.
Ironically given how last night’s game went, the main thing that does get to him is when refs are not calling things consistently or equitably.
Idk I think he was just messing around. Didn’t seem malicious
That’s pretty naïve
Possibly. I’ve just never seen him act like that before.
Acting like a bitch is Ant’s whole thing bruh
Nah thats Jamal “Imma throw my heat packs onto the court during active play cause im a little bitch” Murray foh 😂
Both can be true
True
Snowflake
The irony of this comment LOL
Comprehending irony is beyond the faculties of people who unironically call people snowflakes lol
Can I get called a snowflake too?
Snowcake… damnit. I tried.
Snowmen
Damn that actually felt great
Just a bit of gamesmanship, kinda love it tbh
I mean what was the goal here what? Just odd
Probably just to distract or bother him. First thing I thought of is it’s a Brooks move
That dap up was clean tho
More from the Lance Stephenson vintage I think.
It worked too Jokic missed the first free throw lmao
He didn’t lol.
Iirc, you could see Ant in the background with a little smirk after the made FT, like “ah well worth a shot” LOL
Why do you critizise this guy’s lol and not the other guy’s LMAO. Second comment you wrote just to point that out.
No it didn’t LOL
Average r/nba user lmao
Talking about the game without even watching it
Ant is the right kind of heel. He’s not trying to hurt anyone, he’s just talking trash and being weird. Reminds me of prime Russ and Lance Stephenson.
Ain’t no Dort
Dort and Brooks are the wrong kind of heel, NBA doesn’t seem to care though
I don’t think Dort and Brooks are the same
They’re both assholes but brooks isn’t dirty, just dumb
They call the elimination of high five threes the Brooks rule after he kept hitting curry’s injured hand.
You’re right they’re both dirty lol
Irritate the shit out of him, literally it
he hadn’t missed a ft all night
Too miss the free throws.
The idea is to get in his head a little bit before he shoots his free throws. I don’t think it’s easy to get in Joker’s head through, he was 22-23 in free throws lol
Ant might be my favorite player outside of the Warriors and I still think this was corny AF
Odd? Are you a child? It was to get in his head. How hard is it to see that?
Minutes later Ant clutches his pearls after he gets techs for his antics
He played mind games with himself.
I think Jokic is one of the last players this kind of “tactics” would work with. “I played in Serbia, brother”.
Someone on a different thread from the game said that ant flipped off a ref after a call, that was the ejection. Idk if accurate but would make sense
That’s just dumb.
Calm down nancy
So it was smart?
I don’t think he was “tickling” him..? Looks like he tried to pinch some of the fingers on his hand. Weird move either way.
Looked like he tried to grab his wrist
Weird? It’s pretty rational if you use an ounce of critical thinking.
Right, that’s why we see players doing this every game
I dont think you’ve used an ounce of critical thinking in your life
What’s the reason? Lol enlighten us
Dumb Redditors and claiming other people have no critical thinking skills. A tale as old as time.
I’m gonna say it. Ant is a sore loser and has poor sportsmanship.
Nobody wants to say it but Ant messed the Timberwolves up in OT aside from Foster. He thought he still had the heat check and kept chucking 3’s and kept heckling and talking smack the entire OT.
He thought he won the game 2 minutes into OT and the rest of the period was his victory lap. Once he realized the game wasn’t over he got mad and got his ass kicked out. Dudes a manchild
mentally weak
Such a stupid thing to do, he got so triggered in OT.
Should have been a tech.
100%. if there’s no punishment they’ll just keep doing it
ant and jokic couldn’t be more different personality wise and that’s part of what makes the wolves nuggets matchups so fun to watch
He reached out and tried to grab his wrist…why would you say tickles??
What a great game it was
This is what you do when you know you cant beat someone. Try and get them to beat themselves.
Game is tied, less than a minute left and the guy you’re against is about to shoot free throws to put them up. Trying to get in their head is a pretty clear forward advantageous move if you’re better or not. The worst part of the situation is that it took Ant to do this instead of someone who is less clutch on the team. But that also played into the Scott Foster headed ref squad.
Can you imagine Jokic grabbing at Ant before free throws? Absurd. Ant should have gotten a tech right there and then maybe he could have finished the game.
Do you have this same sentiment for any time a player bumps into an opposing player during game breaks, gets into someone’s space prior to an inbound to try to get them off balance mentally, etc.? I rewatched the clip about 10 times to try and figure out what you could possibly get this upset over and it’s quite literally Ant touching Jokic’s wrist. That’s it. If someone did this to Ant, I would not care. This seems like very manufactured outrage.
You are obviously delusional. You don’t grab at a player who is about to shoot free throws you animal.
We should probably make any physical contact in the game instant ejections, at least when the ball is not inbounds. Anything otherwise is simply barbaric and a true blemish on the otherwise perfect image the league has upheld.
Quite the grab too, my favorite part was when Ant held it for 30 seconds and slammed Jokic into the ground. Well, maybe he didn’t do that, but he did have physical contact for 0.2 seconds, and that’s pretty much the same thing.
You are being hyperbolic and insane.
I’m pointing out how getting outraged over this is hyperbolic and insane. It’s kind of hilarious you’re inability to see that.
Initiating contact during a dead ball when a player is about to shoot free throws is totally childish and unhinged behavior. Ant should have gotten a technical foul right there. I don’t care who the player is. That is unacceptable. Stop being a fool.
Contact during dead ball period happens literally constantly. You getting so performatively disgusted by this is more childish and ridiculous. Calling for it to be a tech worthy act is an unserious basketball take lmao.
it’s not just getting in someone’s head though he got physical. there should be instant punishment for that otherwise he’ll just keep doing it
“He got physical” he touched his wrist for literally less than a second. Should there be instant punishments for players bumping into each other heading into a timeout or any grabs/grapples before an inbound? This is a contact game man, a tap on the wrist before they’re even setup for free throws is not going to cause an injury and is not like he’s slapping him in the face. Come on lmao.
classic kermit wilts
Ant didn’t get a tech for that. The refs we’re supposed to believe were sandbagging for Denver just said “let’s play”.
Lmao Ant kept trying to bait Joker and he got himself tossed instead. You love to see it 🤣🤣🤣
He trying to have his LeBron-Arenas moment lmao
I wanna see Ant and Kd on the same team
Lol.
Ant hit him with the goochygoo got your nose.
I have a love/hate relationship with ant.
I mean, that’s quality entertainment on Christmas day
Cant believe his dumbass got ejected in OT. Dafuq did he even say to the refs.
Where and when did he tickle that man? Yall say anything
He a ho - I just want to put that out there
Tickle tickle tickle
dirty sucker
I think this guy is permanently stupid. And then he has the nerve to act like he didn’t do anything.
That’s not tickling. He just grabs his wrist
I love ant but genuinely what was bro trying to achieve here
Jokic got Ant doing Antics..
Ant isnt quite in the MVP tier yet. I’m personally a huge fan. One of my favorite players but hopefully Timberwolves fans don’t join up on the Jokic hate train.
He already got the Sixers, Bucks, OKC and Lakers fanbases obsessed with him.
Thumb in the butt would have been better.
Hey Scott foster go jump off a cliff
To me it looks like he is testing Jokic’s wrist to see if he is hurt.
In what world is this a tickle?
Bro is weak af instead of trying to win through hard work. He tries this shite. This is LOSER mentality
Even here jokic embellished the contact
Chris Finch crying about refs incoming.
I miss basketball. This “league” stinks
This is way too common and dude acts like he got assaulted.
I don’t think it’s common to tickle an opposing player lol He was definitely trying to get a reaction
How can you possibly say that? On what planet is this common? Go back and watch every single minute of every single game played in the last 50 years and tell me how many instances of an opposing player making physical contact with a free throw shooter you’ve seen. What an absurd statement to make. “Way too common”, lol.
If you haven’t seen this before then I don’t know what to tell you. Not super common, but I’ve seen it many times. Draymond and Brooks in particular do it a lot but I’ve seen a bunch of others too
Send da video
He can’t because it doesn’t happen. Idiots making excuses for stupid antics. Ant is his own worst enemy
Ant acting like a fool is way too common? Yes. Whatever you were rambling about afterwards? No.
In your feelings so much you just start making shit up. Love to see it lmao
Time for this guy and his felon brothers to get the hell out of here. All he does is flop.
I mean he has 54/15/15 i’m pretty sure he does a lil more than just flopping
21 FTs helps
Like at least 8 of those were intentional fouls at the end bubba
That’s what I’d say too if I got bailed out by Scott foster of all people lol.
ant is a complete dumbass with no emotional regulation this one is fully on that deadbeat bum
Who’s the one with no emotional regulation again?
LOL I love how this clip is cut so badly that you barely even see why Jokic retaliated
Lol whatever helps you sleep at night. Dudes whole family are POS and he doesn’t fall far from the tree.
One of his brothers is a POS. The other is a normal dude.
Can’t even compare to the actual piece of shit that is serial deadbeat father Anthony Edwards. If only he showed as much emotion towards his numerous fatherless kids as he does towards the refs when they correctly call him out for being a whiny, immature bitch.
Shows your character tbh, can’t attack his character so you gotta attack his family while Ant is an actual awful piece of shit. You a deadbeat boy?
I actually hope you’re trolling because if you’re this mad during the holiday season then god damn bro you need some love in your life 😭
Marqueef lol. Can’t be going at Joks knees like that on some dirty shit then turn your back.
Come on bruh everyone other than the Morris brothers sided with Jok on that one. Even Shaq and Chuck.
Try harder. Grasping at straws to defend your idol who’s a deadbeat piece of shit and a whiny sore loser. Surprised bro didn’t throw chairs at nuggets employees on his way out again.
A dirty player is a dirty player. But yeah, I’m the one ‘grasping at straws to defend my idol’ lmao.
Retaliating against dirty players isn’t dirty bud. We went over this years ago.
you are grasping at straws your only example is Jok retaliating against one of the dirtiest players in the league which unanimously was considered justified by everyone other than The Morris brothers, Embiid fans, and developmentally stunted people who worship deadbeat fathers. A deadbeat piece of shit is a deadbeat piece of shit indeed.
Keep making excuses for the deadbeats inability to control his emotions. Most immature dude in the league.