With around six seconds remaining in the second quarter, Christian Braun committed a strategic foul on James Harden. Denver had a foul to give, so the idea was to force the Clippers to inbound the ball again and try to get a shot off against a set defense. Harden, for reasons that are unclear, was not happy with what Braun did.

Zach Zarba announces: – tech on James Harden – tech on Norman Powell – tech on Kris Dunn – tech on Nikola Jokic – tech on Aaron Gordon – tech on

Clippers guard James Harden, and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic were among six players hit with technical fouls during Game 4.