Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star who is the reigning league MVP, was responding to a hard foul by Morris, who was also ejected.
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, the reigning N.B.A. most valuable player, was ejected from a game against the Miami Heat on Monday night after shoving Markieff Morris to the floor. Morris was also ejected for precipitating the incident with a hard foul of his own. The fouls are the kind that often invite suspensions from the league but no action has been taken. With less than two minutes to go in a 113-96 victory for the Nuggets in Denver, Morris barged firmly into Jokic as he was making a pass. Jokic responded by giving Morris a forearm to the back, sending him to the floor. The incident prompted the gathering of a scrum of disputatious players and team personnel at center court that eventually broke up without serious incident.
