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Nikola Jokić Looked Silly in Scuffle With Jaden McDaniels as Nuggets Lose Game 4
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Nikola Jokić Looked Silly in Scuffle With Jaden McDaniels as Nuggets Lose Game 4

SI·Stephen Douglas·about 1 month ago
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Nikola Jokić took a bad loss and made it look worse in the waning seconds of Game 4 against the Timberwolves. Minnesota overcame the loss of Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo on Saturday night to beat Denver 112-96 and take a 3-1 series lead. Then there was an incident. Jokić took great exception to Jayden McDaniels taking a layup with 1.3 seconds remaining and sprinted the length of the court to confront him about it, nearly causing a fight in the process. While he may have been trying to send a message about the unwritten rules of basketball, he just made the Timberwolves look like the bigger team after a game where they looked like the better team despite losing two of their best players. The NBA would be well within its rights to suspend Jokić for Game 5, but probably won't because, in the end, no punches were thrown. Instead, Jokić and Julius Randle were both ejected at a point in the game that meant nothing to anyone, except apparently Jokić.…

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