DENVER — A technical foul assessed to Nikola Jokic with 32 seconds remaining and the Wizards clinging to a two-point lead overshadowed a highly-contested 48 minutes where the Nuggets and Wizards went toe-to-toe.
“Their explanation was they felt Nikola Jokic walked on purpose into Scott Brooks,” Michael Malone said after the game.
The play, which will be debated and analyzed over the next couple of days, came during a dead ball situation when the two teams were walking back to their respective huddles. Jokic brushed Brooks, who then reacted to the contact and the referees subsequently tagged Denver’s big man with a technical foul.