Lou Dort’s flagrant ejection 2 leads to an argument between Nikola Jokic and Jaylin Williams
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets played a hard-fought game at the Paicom Center on Friday night. It was the first time that Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets traveled to play in OKC against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder from their Game 7 matchup in the 2025 Western Conference Semifinals.
Things got very heated, however, with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter on Nikola Jokic’s Lou Dortand Jaylin Williams.
Lou Dort unnecessarily backed into Nikola Jokic’s path after an Oklahoma City field goal, tripping the Nuggets star and sending him to the floor. An outraged Jokic immediately stood up and confronted Dort, who stretched his arms to the side wondering why the foul was called and why Jokic was going after him.
That’s when Dort’s teammate, Jaylin Williams, entered the fray. Both Jokic and Williams grabbed their jerseys and wouldn’t let go as players, coaches and security from both teams tried to separate them and prevent other players from starting more fights.
Nikola Jokić got in the face of Lou Dort and Jaylin Williams 😳
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 28, 2026
After review, the referees deemed Lou Dort’s foul on Nikola Jokic “unnecessary and excessive,” upgrading his common foul to a flagrant two and ejecting him from the game.
Both Nikola Jokic and Jaylin Williams were fouled, along with the offset, and did not add any additional free throws for either team.
Dort finished the game with eight points, six rebounds and five fouls in 28 minutes of play.
The Thunder-Nuggets game went into overtime after both teams missed attempts to retake the lead in the final 10 seconds. Shai Giljus-Alexander scored 36 points, three rebounds, nine assists and two steals for the Thunder. Meanwhile, Nikola Jokić entered overtime with 21 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists.
More to come…
2026-02-28 05:05:00
