Even in a sweep, Nikola Jokic‘s MVP season ended earlier than expected.
With his team down 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals, the Denver Nuggets star was ejected from Game 4 for a flagrant 2 foul. Jokic received the foul for a hard blow to the face of Suns guard Cameron Payne, which was deemed to have “wind-up, impact and follow-through.”
It would prove to be Jokic’s final play of the season:
NBA replay center head Jason Phillips told the TNT broadcast that Jokic’s hit met the criteria…
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