Denver Nuggets Rookie Christian Braun Is Proving He’s Playoff-Ready

In the third quarter of the Denver Nuggets’ Game 1 playoff win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, rookie Christian Braun slapped down opposing wing Kyle Anderson’s attempt to shoot during a dead ball following a Nuggets miss. This led to an elbow swing from Anderson that was ruled a flagrant foul on later review, and a brief scrum on the court that was quickly dispersed before it escalated.

Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was asked at Denver’s following practice if he liked what Braun had done, and the idea that “basically Christian was saying, ‘You’re not shooting the ball after we miss in our house.’”