[Highlight] Karl-Anthony Towns drives and Victor Wembanyama is called for the foul, the Spurs successfully challenge the foul call, 65 seconds into the game, and it is overturned to offensive foul on KAT - already his second (with replays)
Holy shit.
Same script as last game, two early fouls on a starter.
They did this when the Warriors were about to sweep lebron that one year
They did it to Andre Roberson and Steven Adams for us against the Warriors too. Then KD completely mentally collapsed, and we blew the whole series.
I lost a lot of money on that series and that game was the reason I stopped betting NBA after several years betting it full time and finishing well in the plus. It was that aggravating. Those fouls let alone what KD did in that game are forever seared in my brain. Something just clicked watching it unfold. The stress. At the mercy of the NBA and their officials pushing narratives, while quite predictable in isolation was not worth it anymore.
They did this to KAT when he was on the wolves too but I forget which series it was
Every one :(
It’s not a script, it’s a stupid series of plays by Towns. Both obvious fouls.
First one should have been a no call. Fox had a clear lane to the basket but turns into KAT on the drive. 2nd one there is a patented Harden hook and because it is a challenge they gotta call it.
I think a lot of people overlook the fact that the 2nd one was a challenge, like bro got caught in 4k slomo you can’t (shouldn’t) just ignore what’s on the screen as a ref.
It’s probably not a playoff foul, but it’s a regular season foul. Champaigne got called on a similar ticky-tack call on hart like a possession later
Shouldn’t be a regular season foul either
Reddit tinfoil hats on already
I’ve seen some creative foul baiting in my life time. Faking your arm is still suck because it got clamped for half a second is truly something else
So you agree it got clamped? Therefore the overturn was correct, nice!
Seriously. How can these people be so stupid? Just because Kat stopped clamping wembys arm the initial clamp somehow isn’t a foul? It was clear as day it should be overturned.
He never pinned it down, Wemby just kept his arm in there.
That’s wack
Its like game 3 never ended
It’s very blatant the league is doing everything to extend the series.
They been on this shit since game 2. It’s legit one of the most egregious examples of refs & league trying their best to extend the series in recent memory. 5 on 8 Knicks are fighting a losing battle.
And the Knicks are gonna lose the series cause of it. One game can be brushed off but seeing this kinda shit 4 games in a row? No doubt that would get into players’ heads. It’s too bad because this woulda been a great series but now the suspect reffing is all that’ll be talked about.
This same thing happened in game 2 already lmao. Wemby finally called for a foul, review, jk it’s an imaginary offensive foul on towns
Beyond disgusting. Wemby has 1,000 seconds to remove his arm and instead sticks it in there the whole way. Gets beat, hacks KAT and STILL gets rewarded. Fuck all of this.
I mean, he got hooked, pulling the arm out after doesn’t make that not a foul lmao
The point is, reaching is a foul, Wemby fouled KAT, kept his arm in there, then refs called the arm lock (which is also a foul) on KAT. If they call the first, the second never happens.
Just because Wemby has 1000 seconds to remove his arm doesn’t mean it’s not a hook, KAT 100% hooks it at the start and that’s where the call is
You can’t hook arms of players
Yea I’m confused clear hook at the start which got him past wemby
You also can’t reach, which preceded the hook.
Don’t hook his arm then, just play ball
Did you wonder at all how Wemby’s arm ends up wrapped around Kat’s chest to begin with? That’s cause he chose to hug him.
Lol it was all ball on the block too.
Doesn’t matter if he doesn’t remove his arm by the end of the play, it started out with KAT clamping and committing the foul, everything after doesn’t matter.
Richard Jefferson is making people dumber with his commentary. He’s the one who said “he has plenty of time to remove his arm” as if that mattered at all.
KAT getting an offensive is crazy and i disagree with the call, but calling it a hack on wemby is equally crazy
Doesn’t matter if he hacks him KAT already fouled him when he clamped his arm.
Idk how spurs fans can deny the refs have been in their pocket all series. Anyone who has watched the games can see the foul quality has been INSANE. Knicks get foul calls for grazing hair, breathing near spurs players. But Spurs players get away with grabbing Knicks by the neck multiple times and nothing.
Disgraceful for the game
Knicks have been physical back as well plenty.
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It’s rigged as hell.
Oh brother
2 soft ass calls to get KAT out the game hahahah yeah right
I’ve lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money… Or ratings in not sure which. I won’t be silent . Just saw it live sry
You see how much people are paying for tickets to watch the game at MSG???
It’s an Ayesha Curry 2016 reference lol
people always forget this is copypasta (from Ayesha Curry tweeting this). people keep answering it seriously
But they called the foul on Wemby??
Challenged and reversed to an offensive foul n KAT
Yes but how is everyone saying it’s fixed. They called a soft foul on Wemby in the first place.
Yeah like if they were really trying to rig it, why wouldn’t they have just not called the initial foul on Wemby?
Also did they rig fox hitting all his 3s or Alvarado grab ing wemby’s leg
Because people wanna complain. While yes wemby could’ve gotten his arm out, it doesn’t really change the fact that KAT did hook him first which is a foul.
KAT has been hooking guys and racking up stupid fouls for years
this is extremely on brand for Karl Towns
https://youtu.be/OXTmhxPi3P4?is=fOvb8NxMThLrDAiW
THIS PLAY was not like what is in the video you posted.
lol, how do they get a ‘hook’ out of that when Wemby stuck his whole arm in there?
And has about 9 years to get his arm out of there
Well that’s the problem, his are so long he needs 10 years to get them out.
Why does that matter? KAT clamped it on the drive so it’s a foul. They reviewed it. It’s not like this was in the moment.
Because KAT hooks him at the start yes sure after that Wemby could get his arm out but KAT hooks it first
I disagree with this, i think they should have just let them play on tbh
They’re fighting for position, KAT kinda hooks him then Wemby pushes, just let them play at the start
Yeah, if anything the issue is that they called a foul, so at that point, you need to decide offensive or defensive, and I think it’s clear that KAT hooks Wemby’s arm at the start of his drive.
Roundabout way to say the refs made the right call LOL
Well the right call would’ve been to let them play but, next closest thing
Agree they should let them play on, but they didn’t. They called a foul on Wemby. So Spurs had to call out KAT for the hook on the arm.
EXACTLY, HE committed the foul first. Silver made the call, this is not going to be a fair series
How do you think hooks happen?
kat initially hooks but quickly lets go. wemby sells the call and flops basically.
Lmao
Yeah this is genuinely hilarious. I figured they might get a no call with a block, but to call it offensive is crazy
Lebron nor Steph got this level of golden boy calls lmfaooooo
Steph doesn’t get calls period.
It’s true.
Lebron gets some but gets a really small amount relative to how physical people were with him throughout his career too.
They get the opposite
Bron and Steph too OP. So the league nerfed them.
game over 2 minutes in, this shit is ridiculous
Game isn’t over but this is why I didn’t fuck with everyone saying Brunson ball started because Brunson wanted FMVP or some shit.
It started because they can more or less do whatever they want on KAT as soon as he touches the ball while he gets into foul trouble for so much as breathing near Wemby.
Spoke too soon LGK
Call from the commish came in
Spurs are what they said the thunder are
What the actual fuck
Im starting to hate wemby and the spurs for being so favoured, dearon fox got that foul on nothing and they get this challenge. Shit is so lame
This is the exact same thing that happened with the Thunder, it was never a specific team problem but a refs problem
Without the challenge it would be made up faul against Spurs/Wemby 🤷🏼♂️ But I guess that wouldnt be an issue at all
I hate New York cause their fans suck lmao
League’s fault, not the Spurs
The fox foul was honestly the worst call I’ve seen all playoffs—worse than the hair graze, worse than the neck push bc at least I can assume they didn’t see it. Kat didn’t fkn move, fox bumped him lol
That’s a No call
No, it’s quite literally a foul
Yea on Wemby. It’s called a reach. They call em against 4th graders when they stick their arms in.
My favorite thing right now is seeing all these knicks fans(edit: and other visually impaired) unable to come to grips with the knicks playing sloppy af
Yes it is when wemby smacked Kat’s head after the block
not to the letter of the rule. you can’t drag a defender with you
He put his own arm in there how the fuck could it be considered dragging
He has his hand holding KATs stomach bc KAT blew by him and he’s trying to slow him down
Disgraceful officiating
The fix is in. The NBA is desperate for this series to go to 7. Wemby fouled him like 4 times on that drive.
doesn’t really make sense when you think about it. they called a foul on wembanyama. the “fix” involves getting the spurs to challenge?
These people are idiots
And that’s being generous
They called the foul on Wemby my dude
I disagree with this overturn
It should have been overturned to a foul on the floor on Wemby for the reach in, instead of a shooting foul. Or a no call.
Wait…what is Towns supposed to do there?
Accept the hug and give the ball to Wemby
No reach around? No kiss after?
Not arm hook Wemby
What is a reach-in?
I guess anyone (*cough* Wemby) is allowed to reach in now?
Not hook Wemby
Dont hook arms to begin with.
Wish the NBA would penalize this every time.
Hate that shit, such a non-basketball move to “punish” being touched
Yeah that T Rex arm hold on wembys wrist is natural and he couldn’t do anything else there tbh.
Sorry how is he doing anythjng to Wemby? WEMBY PUT HIS WHOLE ASS ARM ON Towns chest.
Pull up jumper, apparently
So much for hoping for going one game this series without getting screwed
Refs have a reputation to keep after all
This rule legitimately makes offense impossible if called consistently. Like you can’t ever drive
Ok, but have you tried driving the basketball without hooking the defender?
Now let’s see Wemby’s hook.
Dude stuffed his arm in there.
KAT hasn’t.
It’s like the reverse Shai, where the mere appearance of defense is penalized.
One of the most BS upheld challenges I have ever seen. I cannot believe they call that. Wemby had multiple chances to remove his arm and Towns didn’t extend whatsoever
Not even upheld, overturned from being a wemby foul which it was to a KAT offensive foul.
It’s actually worse, the challenge resulted an OVERTURN of the call on the floor, not even upheld
You don’t know ball, he already had gained a good position by hooking his arm and took advantage of that to drive to the basket, it’s a pretty simple situation
The NBA’s golden boy has arrived.
Remember this when you thought Shai was hell. You don’t know what hell is.
Nah we still hate you
Lmao thought he was slick 🤣
This is the same bullshit he was getting against OKC, and everyone just cheered because it was against us. Lol.
Shai doesnt have SHIT on this lmfao this is just blatantly rigged
Wemby is going to be more protected than every President in history..
Disgusting..
Gonna be a fun game
You had no idea how right you were when you wrote that
He saw the future
That’s an absolute horseshit call, like all time bad one.
Lots of those going on recently. Makes one think
They couldn’t make it more blatant if they wanted to lmao
well they could’ve just called an offensive foul on towns to begin with for one
They’re getting everything this series holy fuck
Lmaoooo
Yea fair silver 2-2 just like you wanted
Honestly… This ruined our first half. Our whole matchup with the Spurs is built around the fact that KAT is a tough matchup for Wemby.
Don’t understand what the outcry over this overturn was, clear foul
You will be downvoted for telling the truth, the initial hooking is as clear cut as it gets.
The outcry is NY being by far the biggest population center in the US, thus the “massive” reaction.
Fair call in my eyes but might have been better to just call it a clean block, no foul on either side and ball to the Knicks.
Yeah it’s an obvious hook. Clear foul on KAT.
If not an offensive foul it was a clean block so Spurs win either way
This is 100% something the NBA told the officiating crews to look out for in this game. The grabs, holds and hooks on wemby go crazy.
Spurs homers telling us that refs tried to rig it for OKC will forever be hilarious.
Wemby keeps his arm around KAT’s torso as he’s driving towards the basket and they overturn it, fucking clowns.
Which doesn’t matter because the offensive foul has already occured
The foul is on the initial clamp down
ref ball
Textbook definition of a reach-in, but it’s Wemby so of fucking course they call that a hook.
And people are legitimately imagining a book and saying it’s hooking. Crazy
I have neve rseen a player get 2 fouls to start a game, much less a playoff game. much less a very important player.
First time watching KAT?
As soon as KAT started playing minutes without getting F’d by the refs, the Knicks started dominating. League tried to ice KAT and it nearly worked, luckily the Spurs choking prowess was greater then the leagues attempt to tip the scales
Regardless of what the announcers said you can literally see him recoil when his arm gets pinned and bends weirdly and then as KAT gets ready to shoot it gets pinned a second time right when Wemby stopped his recoil. I’m not sure how others don’t see this?
Pretending to get your arm hooked is some real ethical flopping
Towns has committed plenty of dumb fouls in his career. That was absolutely not one of them.
Comical.
RIGGED
Lmao is he supposed to play one handed if wemby has his hand in hos chest
The bullshit has started early.
If I speak, I am in big trouble.
idk what people are complaining about, it was the right call? like what
Spurs fans don’t even care how they win. Absolutely shameless.
Absolute insanity. Don’t know if I can stick with the NBA after this series.
Absolute bullshit.
The refs obviously rigging the game at every turn is genuinely ruining my enjoyment in basketball
how do you look at this and think the spurs dont have the favorable whistle this entire series
lol fuck this league you cannot be serious with that overturn
Ahhhh we’ve entered “Don’t call fouls on Wemby” mode for the Finals
Except they literally called a foul on Wemby which led to this review
It’s been like that all playoffs, it’s absurd the number of times he’s had zero or one foul in the fourth quarter
NBA rigged
Hi, I am from the future. You’re never gonna believe what happened
Dude the Spurs get EVERYTHING
Wemby is holding KAT. KAT gets the ball makes a move, foul on him cause Wemby doesn’t bother to move his arm. Okay then.
That dipshit actually said out loud that the first part was a foul but after that wemby could have got his arm out. As though that somehow makes the foul not count? Oh, it’s ok because you see after he fouled wemby he then stopped fouling him therefore I am very smart and they shouldn’t call the foul. Get real.
Bruh
That’s awful
Still blocked that shit
NBA is trash seriously fuck this league.
Some big clowns on here saying Kat pinned his arm. LMAO.
These damn refs starting already
not rigged tho lol
The league wants this to go to 7 games and they don’t care how obvious it looks
This may be the worst call of any finals all-time
On what fucking planet of legitimate officiating did KAT foul here?
Refs mouths gonna be sore at this rate, Kat had no effect on Wemby’s arm the entire drive
Welcome to Adam silvers nba, protect the golden child at all costs
I see what’s happening here. Alright nba alright
On June 10, 2008, convicted NBA referee Tim Donaghy’s attorney filed a court document alleging that Game 6 was fixed by two referees. The letter states that Donaghy “learned from Referee A that Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to seven games.
This ruined the game. Sideline KAT for a whole quarter basically (and make him walk on eggshells when he’s back on) and get free reign offensively and defensively in the meantime.
The refereeing in this series has been the most one-sided I’ve ever seen in professional sports.
How was it a Towns foul