Playoff Jeff Van Gundy Has Been Activated And Wrestled Nikola Jokic For A Basketball During Game 1 Of Clippers/Nuggets

Jeff Van Gundy refuses to give ball to Nikola Jokic during tussle in wild playoff scene

Jeff Van Gundy and Clippers trainer Jasen Powell tried to wrestle the ball away from Nikola Jokic while on the bench in a strange NBA playoffs scene.

Nikola Jokic wrestles Jeff Van Gundy for the basketball on Clippers’ bench: ‘He was in the weight room afterward’

If Nikola Jokic had a nickel for every time a middle-aged man challenged him to a game of basketball tug-of-war during a playoff series, he would have two nickels. With 34 seconds remaining in a tense series opener between the Nuggets and Clippers, Jokic tried to seize the ball from the Los Angeles sideline after a Kawhi Leonard turnover, his goal being to inbound it immediately — only to encounter resistance from none other than Clippers lead a…

Playoff Jeff Van Gundy Has Been Activated And Wrestled Nikola Jokic For A Basketball During Game 1 Of Clippers/Nuggets

The Nuggets may have won the first battle of this war, but the Clippers clearly have the most fearless warrior in it. Most NBA players in peak physical condition don't feel like wrestling with the Ser...

Nikola Jokic had unusual crunch time incident with Clippers coach Jeff Van Gundy

Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy got involved in the action Saturday during Game 1 of his team’s first-round series against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. The Clippers held a 96-95 lead with under a minute to play at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. Clippers star Kawhi Leonard had the ball in the corner while being defended by Jamal Murray. The Nuggets guard tapped the ball out of bounds, which the referee James Williams rule…