Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokiu0107 will be suspended one game and Miami Heat forwards Markieff Morris and Jimmy Butler were fined by the NBA.
Byron Spruell, President of League Operations, announced the sanctions a day after the two players were involved in an ugly incident that occurred with 2:39 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Nuggets’ 113-96 victory over the Heat on Monday, Nov. 8.
The NBA specifically mentioned Jokiu0107 was “suspended one game without pay for forcefully shoving Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris to the floor from behind.” Morris for his part was fined $50,000 for “committing a Flagrant Foul 2 on Jokiu0107 that initiated an on-court altercation.