Russell Westbrook shoves fan who walked on court after Thunder's loss to Nuggets

The fan got in Westbrook's face, and Westbrook shoved him out of the way

The level of excitement was off the charts for a regular-season game on Thursday, as the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 127-124, on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Gary Harris.

One fan, however, got a little too pumped up.

After the buzzer sounded and Thunder guard Russell Westbrook tried to walk off the court, a fan appeared to get extremely close to Westbrook and scream in his face. Westbrook responded by shoving the fan out of the way.

A fan got in Russell Westbrook's face on the court after the Thunder loss. pic.twitter.com/AwsPKPUYNu

— ESPN (@espn) February 2, 2018

As the TNT announcers remarked, Westbrook did nothing wrong here. When someone gets in your face you have to protect yourself, even if you are a reigning NBA MVP. The fan's actually lucky he got off as easy as he did, as Hall of Famer Reggie Miller noted.

"The fan is in the wrong there. He should not be on the floor," Miller said. "He should be happy he didn't get knocked out."

Luckily the refs intervened and cooler heads prevailed. Otherwise we could have had a very sour end to one of the best NBA games of the year.