Harden swiped at Gordon’s face, prompting Gordon to chase after Harden, seemingly willing and ready to take a swing or two of his own. Both players were ultimately held back — in Gordon’s case, by Clippers center Ivica Zubac.

Michael Porter Jr.'s status for Game 5 of the Denver Nuggets ' first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers is very much up in the air after Porter momentarily left the bench during an on-court altercation that resulted in half of a dozen technical fouls.

The Denver Nuggets will look to tie the series on Saturday in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Nuggets suffered a tough loss to the Clippers in Game 3 and are now down 2-1 in the first-round series.