Nikola Jokic was ejected after an altercation with Jaden McDaniels as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets to move to the brink of victory in the NBA play-offs first round.
With the Timberwolves 14 points ahead in game four with 1.3 seconds of the match remaining, McDaniels scored an uncontested lay-up when the Nuggets players were expecting him to run the clock down.
Seeing the play as bad sportsmanship, Serbia's Jokic, 31, ran from mid-court to confront McDaniels, shoving the American which incited a scuffle between both sides' benches.
The incident led to NBA three-time Most Valuable Player player Jokic being ejected from the match, alongside Timberwolves forward Julius Randle.
The Timberwolves' 112-96 victory gave them a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference play-offs.