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.

One saving grace for Jokić and the Nuggets is that great players — and Jokić already has 141.0 WAR after adjusting for shortened seasons — tend to have more staying power than merely good ones. Players with at least 125 career WAR were only 66 percent of the way done by age 30,

Nikola Jokić running after Jaden McDaniels was the hardest he's run all series against the Timberwolves.

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.

Jokić wasn't the only Nugget annoyed with McDaniels' layup. "I didn't like what McDaniels did," Denver coach David Adelman shared. "The game was over...in 2026 that stuff just doesn't happen anymore, that's something that happens in the 80s where teams would continue to score, but that's who he is."

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.