P.J. Washington was also involved, shoving Nurkic during the melee. Nurkic, Marshall and Washington were ejected after the scuffle. After the game, a few Mavericks took a similar tone while discussing the matter, playing up the theme of protecting each other’s teammates.

Jusuf Nurkic and Naji Marshall traded blows during a fight that broke out in the third quarter of the Mavericks vs Suns game.