{"id":158557,"date":"2024-12-30T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=158557"},"modified":"2024-12-30T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:13:08","slug":"jovic-explains-why-he-jumped-into-the-brawl-in-serbia-were-taught-to-stick-up-for-our-own-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/jovic-explains-why-he-jumped-into-the-brawl-in-serbia-were-taught-to-stick-up-for-our-own-video\/","title":{"rendered":"JOVI\u0106 EXPLAINS WHY HE JUMPED INTO THE BRAWL: &#8220;In Serbia, we&#8217;re taught to stick up for our own!&#8221; (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serbian basketball player Nikola Jovi\u0107 has spoken out about the incident that marked the match between Houston and Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami defeated Houston 104-100 on the road, but the game was overshadowed by a fierce brawl that occurred in the final moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With about 30 seconds left in the game, Amen Thompson and Tyler Herro got into a confrontation. The Houston player grabbed Tyler by the throat and pushed him to the ground, causing a general melee on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nikola Jovi\u0107 was the first to come to his teammate&#8217;s aid, and then others joined in. Coaches and players from the bench rushed onto the court, creating a chaotic scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\t<figure class='wp-block-newspack-blocks-iframe'>\n\t\t<div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper' style=\"height:600px; width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tid = 'newspack-iframe-3LyRZG8u1sni'\n\t\t\t\tlayout = 'responsive'\n\t\t\t\theight = '100'\n\t\t\t\twidth = '100'\n\t\t\t\tsrc = 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid025WpnrdvnZTXqPUwEAChvMUuegqi8Nh7zRuwnwgvd6TPm2XrrDPx9NGAjYnPmfaJwl'\n\t\t\t\tstyle = 'height: 600px; width: 100%;'\n\t\t\t\tframeborder = '0'\n\t\t\t\tallowfullscreen\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tconst iframe = document.getElementById(\"newspack-iframe-3LyRZG8u1sni\");\n\t\tconst timerId = setInterval( function() {\n\t\t\t\tiframe.src = iframe.src;\n\t\t\t}, 2000 );\n\n\t\tiframe.onload = function() {\n\t\t\tclearInterval(timerId);\n\t\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the situation finally calmed down, ejections followed. The referees sent the culprits &#8211; Thompson and Herro &#8211; to the locker room, and they were joined by Jaylen Green, coach Ime Udoka, and his assistant Ben Salivan from Houston, as well as Terry Rozier from Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a great game where he scored 18 points and hit the crucial three-pointer for the victory, Jovi\u0107 addressed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;All these guys, they&#8217;re like brothers to me. One thing I learned at home (in Serbia) is that family sticks together. We have to be close. 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Miami defeated Houston 104-100 on the road, but the game was overshadowed by a fierce brawl that occurred in the final moments. With about 30 seconds left in the game, Amen Thompson and Tyler Herro got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":158558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1431,249,1653,190,1490,91,1251,15],"class_list":["post-158557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-hjuston","tag-kosarka-2","tag-majami","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jovic","tag-sport","tag-tuca","tag-video","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158570,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158557\/revisions\/158570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}