Wait… the refs helped the Knicks?
The NBA two-minute report for Game 4 of the NBA Finals revealed that Josh Hart fouled the Spurs’ Stephon Castle on the baseline with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter, meaning it should have stayed Spurs basketball.
The play, which happened after San Antonio had already blown a 29-point lead and was trailing 105-104, saw Castle drive the baseline against Hart and eventually be called out of bounds.
Not only did further replay show he may never have stepped out, but it also showed Hart being physical with the rookie guard all the way to the basket.
“Hart impedes Castle on his drive as Castle is incorrectly called for committing and out-of-bounds violation,” the report read.
On the court, the refs called it Knicks basketball, and the young Spurs coach Mitch Johnson never questioned the ruling.
The Spurs, who were in the bonus at the time, still had a challenge after a successful one just 65 seconds into the game allowed them another.
Johnson brought the challenge back to San Antonio with him in an eventual 107-106 loss.
The report, per The Post’s Stefan Bondy, also mentioned two other potential four calls.
According to the NBA, Victor Wembanyama should have been called for a defensive 3-second violation with 1:26 left in the game.
The two-minute report also determined that on the De’Aaron Fox layup attempt that gave the Knicks the ball back with under 10 seconds, that OG Anunoby “makes a legal attempt to block Fox’s shot and dislodges the ball from his control before making incidental arm contact.”
