Stephen Curry played peacemaker to keep Jokic from going after Payton II

It was not Nikola Jokic‘s night.

Before his Nuggets dropped Game 2 to the Warriors by 20, before his frustration with the officials boiled over into him getting ejected, there was the moment a heated Jokic turned to go have words with Gary Payton II after Payton made a relatively innocent tap on Jokic’s behind, and Stephen Curry had to step between as peacemaker.

It started at the end of the first quarter when Payton blocked a Jokic second chance at the rim (which led to an Otto Porter 3-pointer going the other way).

GP2 STUFFS JOKER