Jokic, Morris fracas mars Nuggets' win over Heat MORE:
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.“I think Markieff just went and tried to make a hard foul. I don’t think he had any intention of hurting Joker," he said."But sometimes when things like that happen, you don’t know the intention of the other person and you just react and that’s what Joker did.