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Nikola Jokic ejected after shoving Markieff Morris, who suffers apparent neck injury

The Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic and the Miami Heat's Markieff Morris both were given flagrant 2 fouls and ejected late in Monday night's game.

Morris had a hard foul on Jokic, who then came back and shoved him to the ground.

Morris went down hard, and a stretcher was brought out for him. However, he was able to walk to the locker room. The Heat said he had an apparent neck injury.

The physical exchange led to a scrum between the teams. Jimmy Butler also was given a technical.