Social media video claims to show Nikola Jokic's brother punching another fan at Monday's game

DENVER — A video purporting to show the brother of Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic punching a fan after the Nuggets’ game vs. the Los Angeles Lakers has gone viral on social media.

The TikTok video posted following the game at Ball Arena displays text that says, “Jokic brothers going wild,” with a flushed-face emoji. It shows two men in the stands scrambling to get to another man, and as someone yells “beat him” and shouts an expletive, one of the men, wearing a Jokic jersey — who fans identified as Nikola Jokic’s brother Strahinja Jokic — punches the man sitting lower in the stands.

It’s unclear what caused the altercation Monday and if the man who punched the other fan will face charges.

Denver Police Department spokesperson Jay Casillas said on Tuesday afternoon that the agency is aware of the video but that the incident wasn’t reported to police at the arena or after the game, and no one has since come forward to police as a victim of the assault.

“The Department is looking into this incident, is actively working to identify the person in the video who was struck, and encourages anyone who was involved or witnessed this firsthand to contact the Denver Police Department,” Casillas wrote in an email.

Denver Nuggets spokesperson Nick O’Hayre and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment spokesperson Jim Mulvihill did not return requests for comment.

Strahinja and Nemanja Jokic, Nikola Jokic’s brothers, often attend their younger brother’s games and are known to get heated. During one game, a security guard had to restrain Strahinja Jokic after he became angry at a referee.

Strahinja Jokic has a criminal history in Denver — he was arrested in 2019 over allegations that he choked and pushed a woman, and that he prevented her from calling 911. He pleaded guilty in 2020 and received a deferred sentence, meaning the case would be dismissed if he followed the terms of his probation and didn’t commit another crime before Feb. 3, 2022.