Nikola Jokic's MVP season ended a few Chris Stewart Jersey minutes earlier than his Nuggets teammates' year wrapped up Sunday night.The big man was ejected from Game 4 of Denver's playoff series with Phoenix for a Flagrant 2 foul with 3:52 remaining in the third quarter. Jokic hit CameronPayne acro s the face while trying to swat the ball out of Payne's hands.MORE: Did Nikola Jokic deserve an ejection Stadium (@Stadium) Referee crew chief David Guthrie his crew saw "windup, impactand follow-through, which led to unnece sary and exce sive contact above the shoulders and also into Zach Parise Jersey the face, which by rule met the criteria for a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2.Before he was to sed, Jokic went nose to nose with Suns guard Devin Booker, who was a se sed a technical foul for the encounter. Jokic exited with 22 points and 11 rebounds in 28 minutes."I wanted to change the rhythm of the game, I wanted to give us some energy," after Denver lost 125-118 to finish Jason Zucker Jersey a four-game sweep by Phoenix. "Did I hit him? Did I didn't hithim? Wedon't know. So I say sorry if I did because I didn't want to injure Christian Folin Jersey him or hit him in the head on purpose."Nuggets coach Mike Malone he was "shocked" the officials would eject the league MVP for the swipe."I think it was a frustration foul,"Malone said. "I feel Nikola probably felt the last couple of plays when he had the ball he had not received a foul call and he went over there to take a foul, which he's done plenty of times before. A lot of players do that. And I just didn't feellike it warranted a Flagrant 2 ejection because he was making a play on the ball."Denver trailed 83-75 at the time as it tried to stave off the Phoenix sweep attempt.The Devan Dubnyk Jersey Suns will now play for the West championship against the winner of the Jazz-Clippers conference semifinal series.