Things got heated in Denver on Monday night as Nuggets star Nikola Jokic and the Miami Heat's Markieff Morris both were ejected after a fracas.
The Heat said Morris has an apparent neck injury. Jokic said he saw a replay of the altercation and recoiled when he saw how hard Morris' head hit the floor.Will Barton scored 25 points and Jeff Green, who started in place of an injured Michael Porter Jr., added 13 points for the Nuggets. Denver held the opposition to under 100 points for the seventh time this season.With 2:39 remaining, Morris elbowed Jokic in the midsection at half court.
Morris was assessed a flagrant foul and ejected, Jokic also was ejected and Butler received a technical foul. ``I felt I just needed to protect myself but on the other hand I'm not supposed to react that way, get thrown out of the game,'' Jokic said. Up by 15 at the half, the Nuggets scored 11 of the first 16 points in the third quarter, pushing their lead to 75-54 on a driving layup by Green off a feed from Jokic. Denver took a 91-70 lead into the fourth quarter.
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