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Plumlee was fined $25,000 and Favors assessed
$15,000. Both players were ejected. Jokic took steps off the
bench along the baseline during the altercation but said he did
not step on the court.
The 23-year-old Jokic leads the Nuggets in scoring (19.8 points
per game), rebounds (10.3) and assists (7.7). He played in each
of the first 46 games for the Nuggets, who entered Friday in
second place in the Western Conference, two games behind the
Golden State Warriors.
--The sprained wrist that has kept Philadelphia 76ers swingman
Jimmy Butler from playing the past two games was scheduled to be
examined by a specialist in Los Angeles, the team announced.
Butler, who has averaged 19.0 points in 28 games since
Philadelphia acquired him in a trade with the Minnesota
Timberwolves, last played Saturday at home against the Oklahoma
City Thunder, scoring 18 points in 38 minutes in a 117-115 loss.
He did not suit up in victories against the Houston Rockets and
San Antonio Spurs this week.
Butler, who had surgery on his right hand this past offseason,
is expected to rejoin the team for a game against the Nuggets in
Denver on Saturday, but his playing status remains unknown.
--Cleveland Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson will miss
approximately two more weeks due to his sprained left foot, the
team announced.
Thompson missed his fifth game because of the injury when the
Cavaliers hosted the Miami Heat on Friday.
Thompson also sat out 10 games in December because of an injury
to his left foot. He returned to play in eight games before
suffering another injury to the foot against the Portland Trail
Blazers on Jan. 16.
--New York Knicks point guard Emmanuel Mudiay will miss at least
two weeks with a left shoulder strain, coach David Fizdale told
reporters.
Meeting with reporters prior to Friday's contest against the
Brooklyn Nets, Fizdale said Mudiay will be re-evaluated in two
weeks.
Mudiay was injured during Wednesday's 114-110 loss to the
Houston Rockets.
--Chris Paul, sidelined for five weeks with a hamstring injury,
should be back in the lineup on Sunday when the Houston Rockets
host the Orlando Magic, said head coach Mike D'Antoni.
Speaking after the team's shootaround, D'Antoni all but ruled
out a Friday night return against the Toronto Raptors.
The injury is to Paul's left hamstring, the opposite leg that
caused him to miss Game 6 and Game 7 of the Western Conference
finals last postseason. The nine-time All-Star is averaging 15.6
points, eight assists and four rebounds per game in 26 contests
this season.
--Thumb surgery has been recommended for the Brooklyn Nets'
Spencer Dinwiddie, but the guard might elect to postpone the
procedure and resume playing this season.
Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson confirmed the surgery diagnosis
before Friday's game against the New York Knicks, according to
multiple reports. Whether the surgery for torn ligaments on the
right thumb takes place soon, though, has not been decided.
Atkinson said doctors, Dinwiddie and his family will make the
final decision.
On Thursday, Dinwiddie was trying to determine the severity of
his thumb injury with specialists. He last played Wednesday,
scoring 29 points in a 114-110 victory over the Orlando Magic.
He was originally ruled questionable for Friday night's game and
has now been ruled out of that contest, according to the Nets.
--A change of heart has made Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis
Smith Jr. change his mind about the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
A source confirmed to ESPN that Smith will compete in the
All-Star Weekend event after getting eliminated in the first
round last year, then dissing it in September.
Heading into the 2018-19 season after his rookie year, the
6-foot-3, 195-pound guard from North Carolina State criticized
the event and "the gimmicks and everything that go with it."
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