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Denver Nuggets star and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic has been suspended for one game without pay for forcefully pushing Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris in the back on Monday night.
The Nuggets will not have their franchise center against Indiana on Wednesday. Morris was also fined $50,000 for his flagrant two fouls that led to Jokic’s retaliation.
Miami’s Jimmy Butler also was fined $30,000 for attempting to escalate the altercation and failing to comply with an NBA security interview.
Jokic was ejected with 2:39 left in a 113-96 win over the Miami Heat on Monday after he took exception to a foul by Morris. Jokic rebounded the ball and brought it down court when he passed the ball near midcourt. The Heat forward, trying to stop play, gave a hard foul with his left elbow to Jokic’s exposed right side as the center was delivering an overhead pass. As Morris walked away, a livid Jokic took a couple of steps and delivered a hard right forearm shove with his weight behind him to Morris’ back, sending the Heat forward flying hard toward the floor.
Emotions from the skirmish spilled onto social media as the brothers of both NBA players weighed in. Markieff’s twin brother, the LA Clippers’ Marcus Morris, chimed in on Twitter intimating that Jokic shoving his brother from behind was shady and that he will remember it.
“Waited till bro turned his back smh. NOTED,” Marcus Morris tweeted Monday night with an emoji of a hand with a pen writing something down.
That prompted Jokic’s brothers, Strahinja and Nemanja, to open a Twitter account named “@JokicBrothers” to respond to Marcus, Jokic’s brothers confirmed to The Denver Post.
The newly created account tweeted: “You should leave this the way it is instead of publicly threatening our brother! Your brother made a dirty play first. If you want to make a step further be sure we will be waiting for you !! Jokic Brothers”
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Source : espn
