Denver Nuggets star and National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Booted From Game 4.
Nikola Jokic was ejected from the Game 4 loss to the Phoenix Suns of the NBA West Semifinals on Sunday.
The league’s MVP was ejected for what some say was GOOD ACTING on the part of Cameron Payne, who BARELY caught a swipe to the face.
This is the damn problem with the @NBA right now.. you do not make that call vs Jokic a FLAGRANT2. The swipe was a frustration foul. We’ve seen worse. The fans do not attend games for this kind of call. You’ve EJECTED the league-MVP. You don’t do this.#Unreal
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 14, 2021
AP Photo/David Zalubowski