Who had Denver's Christian Braun in the Dunk of the Year pool? No one?

Because after that dunk on Rudy Gobert's head on Friday evening, he became the start of the season in this mythical race.

Braun yelled in Gobert's face after the dunk, Gobert struggled a bit and both players were ruled a technical.

Braun was responsible for the technical follow-up and admitted it may have slowed Denver's momentum after the dunk, something the Nuggets were never able to fully make up for. They blew the 8-point lead the dunk gave them and lost 119-116. Here's what he told The Denver Post's Bennett Durando.

“I have to be more responsible,” Braun said after targeting Rudy Gobert and getting into a brief confrontation with the Timberwolves center that resulted in appropriate technical fouls. “…I need to control myself better.”

The worst news from this game for Denver is that point guard Jamal Murray was placed in the protocol with a concussion following a hit from Anthony Edwards. It is unclear how long Murray will be out.