Basketball

Denver Nugget majority owner Robert Wussler has banned the media from the team’s next public forum, set for June 11. Last week, at the Nuggets’ first public meeting with disgruntled fans, general manager Bernie Bickerstaff and Coach Paul Westhead fielded some angry questions about the basketball operation of a team that finished with a 20-62 record.

Before Saturday’s playoff telecast, NBC aired videotape of Bickerstaff’s defensive response to fan questions, although it stopped short of showing one fan giving an obscene gesture to Bickerstaff.