OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault was fed up with NBA officials subconsciously giving Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets the upper hand. Something similar had happened against the Golden State Warriors years prior.

Daigneault was then hit with a delay of game penalty and Jones finally succumbed and headed back to the bench. After the Thunder's 140-127 loss to the Nuggets, Daigneault explained the strategy and why Jones never checked into the game despite being at the scorer's table for over two minutes.