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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Denver\u2019s Nikola Jokic was fined $50,000 and Minnesota\u2019s Julius Randle was fined $35,000 for their roles in an altercation<\/a><\/span> near the end of Game 4 of the teams\u2019 playoff series, the NBA announced Sunday.<\/p>\n Both will be eligible to play when the series resumes Monday with Game 5 in Denver.<\/p>\n The incident was evidently sparked when Minnesota\u2019s Jaden McDaniels<\/a><\/span> took an uncontested layup with 2.1 seconds left and the Timberwolves already leading by 14 \u2014 a play the Nuggets took exception to, given how the game had been decided.<\/p>\n Jokic, the NBA said, \u201cinitiated the incident by confronting and shoving\u201d McDaniels in reaction to that play. Randle, the league said, \u201cescalated the incident by forcefully inserting himself into the scrum and shoving Nuggets guard-forward Bruce Brown.\u201d<\/p>\n Jokic and Randle were assessed technical fouls and ejected from the game.<\/p>\n \u201cHe scored when we\u2019d stopped playing,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cYou guys saw what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n The teams are meeting in the postseason for the third time in the last four years. Minnesota leads the series 3-1, but will be without guard Donte DiVincenzo for the rest of the season because of a torn Achilles and will be without fellow guard Anthony Edwards indefinitely because of a knee injury. DiVincenzo and Edwards both got hurt on Saturday<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n