Tuesday’s Game 2 matchup between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers featured a miraculous comeback by the Nuggets that got fans out of their seats. But unfortunately, not all Nuggets fans were all that jovial throughout the game, especially the brothers of Nuggets star Nikola Jokic.
Strahinja Jokic and Nemanja Jokic were in attendance for the Nuggets thrilling victory. Moments after the Nuggets victory, the two brothers were captured on video arguing with a fellow fan in attendance.
The video clearly shows Strahinja kicking his way through the stands to get to the fan, and then proceeding to punch the fan in the face. Nemanja then got in between the two to seemingly stop his brother from going any further with the violence.
One of Nikola Jokić's brother threw a punch in the stands after last night's Nuggets-Lakers game.
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Perhaps the worst part of this incident is that Natalija, the wife of the two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, was holding their young daughter just a few seats away from where this altercation went down.
Luckily, the punch was as far as things went in terms of actual violence. But things obviously could have gone a whole lot worse for everyone involved.
At this point, it is unclear exactly what was said on both sides that could have potentially provoked this kind of attack from Strahinja Jokic. But regardless, it should be interesting to see if there are any actions done by the NBA to potentially prevent the two from attending games for the rest of the playoffs moving forward.
[The Athletic on Twitter/X, TMZ Sports]
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