Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic ended his season with an ejection in Game 4 of the series against the Phoenix Suns.
Per ESPN, “I wanted to change the rhythm of the game, I wanted to give us some energy, maybe change the whistle a little bit, so I wanted to make a hard foul,” Jokic said. “Did I hit him, did I not hit him? We don’t know. So I say sorry if I did because I did not want to injure him or hit him in the head on purpose.”
Following a lengthy review, Jokic was handed the flagrant 2 and ejected from Game 4 of Denver’s Western Conference semifinal series with 3:52 remaining in the third quarter and the Nuggets trailing the Suns by eight.
“I thought honestly they would not eject me,” Jokic said.
“I just didn’t feel like it warranted a flagrant 2 ejection because he’s making a play on the ball,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “There’s marginal contact to Cameron Payne’s nose I believe. So I was shocked. I’m still a little bit shocked that they called a flagrant 2 and ejected the MVP on such a play.”
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