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Nikola Jokic and Julius Randle were fined after an on court altercation, highlighting NBA discipline during high pressure games.
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić and Minnesota Timberwolves star Julius Randle have picked up fines after an altercation at the end of Game 4 of the first-round series.
NEW YORK (AP) — Denver’s Nikola Jokić was fined $50,000 and Minnesota’s Julius Randle was fined $35,000 for their roles in an altercation near the end of Game 4 of the teams’ first-round playoff series, the NBA announced Sunday.
At the end of an emotional game in which the Minnesota Timberwolves lost two players to injury, tempers flared and a pair of stars were ejected.
Things aren't going well at all for Jokić and his Denver teammates, who have had a lot stolen from them in this first-round series.
A physical altercation involving multiple players broke out near the end of the Minnesota Timberwolves' 112-96 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night.
The heat in Target Center had just begun to fade away. Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets faced the most gruesome 112-96 loss on Saturday.
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has led the charge in limiting Nuggets star Nikola Jokić to just 15-of-46 shooting over the last two games.