{"id":1710094,"date":"2022-10-25T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710094"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:53:50","slug":"nba-doles-out-penalties-for-miami-heats-caleb-martin-and-toronto-raptors-christian-koloko-after-on-court-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-doles-out-penalties-for-miami-heats-caleb-martin-and-toronto-raptors-christian-koloko-after-on-court-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Doles Out Penalties for Miami Heat\u2019s Caleb Martin and Toronto Raptors\u2019 Christian Koloko After on Court Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-doles-out-penalties-for-miami-heats-caleb-martin-and-toronto-raptors-christian-koloko-after-on-court-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The NBA doled out punishment to the Miami Heat\u2019s Caleb Martin and the Toronto Raptors\u2019 Christian Koloko after the two got into a fight during the October 22nd matchup between the Heat and the Raptors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toronto1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1098\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toronto1.png 1098w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toronto1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toronto1-768x301-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toronto1-750x294-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto Raptors vs. Miami Heat via Raptors Nation YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With a little less than 8 minutes to play in the third quarter and Miami up 81 to 59, Pascal Siakam attempted a three-point shot from the edge. He missed and the ball bounced off the rim.<\/p>\n<p>Koloko grabbed the rebound, but was quickly tripped up by Martin and sent falling to the ground despite trying to maintain his balance. Martin was initially whistled for the foul.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Raptors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Raptors.png 1090w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Raptors-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Raptors-768x328-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Raptors-750x321-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb Martin and Christian Koloko via Raptors Nation YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/golden-state-warriors-coach-steve-kerr-announces-team-fined-draymond-green-after-vicious-attack-on-teammate-jordan-poole-will-not-be-suspended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr Announces Team Fined Draymond Green After Vicious Attack On Teammate Jordan Poole, Will Not Be Suspended<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, as you can see below, Martin then threateningly stands over Koloko, who quickly gets back on his feet and puts his hands around Martin. Martin then proceeds to tackle and drive Koloko into the stands and eventually into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous players and coaches from both the Heat and the Raptors then form a dog pile on top of them as well as members of the crowd. Security and officials are able to quickly get the players off the ground and break up the dog pile.\u00a0 Both players were ejected from the game<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Heat ended up winning the game 112-109.<\/p>\n<p>Following the game, Koloko was dumbfounded as to why Martin tackled him. He said, \u201cHe just stood there looking at me like crazy. I just stood up. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raptors head coach Nick Nurse also stated, \u201cIt\u2019s tough for [Koloko], the guy\u2019s standing over him. I mean what\u2019s \u2014 it\u2019s not much of a penalty for what. We got the ball side out like we were supposed to. There was a foul called there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/former-russian-ambassader-to-the-united-states-claims-president-joe-biden-and-his-administration-are-playing-electoral-politics-with-brittney-griner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Russian Ambassader To The United States Claims President Joe Biden And His Administration Are Playing Electoral Politics With Brittney Griner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin shared his side of the story saying, \u201cI just think that there\u2019s a lot of plays leading up to it. It was a chippy game. That\u2019s typically how the game goes with Toronto. It\u2019s a chippy back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut ultimately I just think that emotions were high and the game was a close game. It was back and forth. Overall, I got to be more professional in the way I handle those type of situations,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the game, the NBA announced Martin would be suspended a single game and Koloko was fined $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>Their statement read, \u201cMiami Heat forward Caleb Martin has been suspended one game without pay for instigating an on-court altercation by taunting Toronto Raptors center Christian Koloko and then tackling him into the spectator stands, and Koloko has been fined $15,000 for grabbing Martin during the altercation, it was announced today by Joe Dumars, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeat forward Nikola Jovic has also been suspended one game without pay for leaving the bench area and entering the altercation. The incident, for which Martin and Koloko were each assessed one technical foul and ejected, began when players became entangled while battling for rebounding position. The incident occurred with 7:46 remaining in the the third quarter of the Heat\u2019s 112-109 win over the Raptors at FTX Arena on Oct. 22,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>It concluded, \u201cMartin and Jovic will serve their suspensions on Monday, Oct. 24 when the Heat again host the Raptors at FTX Arena.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NBA-Communications.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NBA-Communications.png 539w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NBA-Communications-196x300.png 196w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NBA Communications Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of the punishment for Koloko and Martin? What about the suspension for Jovic?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/watch-new-video-shows-draymond-green-superman-punch-jordan-poole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: New Video Shows Draymond Green Superman Punch Jordan Poole<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA doled out punishment to the Miami Heat\u2019s Caleb Martin and the Toronto Raptors\u2019 Christian Koloko after the two got into a fight during the October 22nd matchup between<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}