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.

Phoenix Suns' Kevin Durant commented on the altercation between Jusuf Nurkic and Naji Marshall in last night's game against the Dallas Mavericks for the NBA. In a heated NBA Friday night matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns,

While the game ended in a victory, Dallas Maveicks’ Naji Marshall got into a physical altercation with Phoenix Suns big-man Jusuf Nurkic which resulted in ejections. As the Mavericks star in Marshall trolled Nurkic after the game by making the fight his social media banner,