Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia let bygones be bygones.
Ishbia, a former walk-on basketball player at Michigan State and now CEO of Pontiac-based United Wholesale Mortgage Holdings Corp, exchanged handshakes with Jokic on Tuesday night before Game 5 of the second-round NBA playoff series in Denver. The series is tied 2-2.
Jokic was fined $25,000 by the league Monday for making improper contact in the stands with Ishbia.
The two-time MVP player was assessed a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 on Sunday night when Jokic tried to snatch the ball back from Ishbia, who was sitting courtside, and hit Ishbia with an elbow.