“ Where is the New York media now? » Monty Williams presented at press conference reassembled as rarely. The Pistons coach could not stand the end of a match lost to the wire by his team at Madison Square Garden, at the end of a new controversial sequence.
In question, the fact that Donte DiVincenzo dove in front of Ausar Thompson's legs, with obvious contact, to recover a crucial possession which turned in favor of the Knicks: Josh Hart scored under the circle two seconds from the end, to give the advantage back to his team, then finished the job with free throws, in two stages.
“ It's the worst refereeing error of the season, and we're tired of it! We did things the right way, we called the league, we sent images. We're tired of hearing the same thing over and over again. We had a chance to win the game and a guy dove at Ausar's legs, and there was no whistle. It's an abomination. You can't miss that in an NBA game, period, and I'm tired of talking about it! », the coach does not get angry.
He adds : ” I'm tired of our guys asking me, 'What more can we do, coach?' This situation is Exhibit A of what we experienced throughout the season, and that's enough. […] We want the game to be fair, that wasn't the case. » Thereupon, after a minute of intervention, the Pistons coach leaves without taking the time to answer the journalists' questions.
The referees recognize the error
“ I would say I'm livid. It's the word of the day: livid “, loose for his part Cade Cunningham, author of a great match with 32 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, whose team already felt wronged during the previous match, ended with a game-winning shot from Paolo Banchero. The Pistons considered that a deal should have been called on the action in question. Which the league refuted in its report on the last two minutes of the match.
This end of the New York match is all the harder to accept as the referees, who allowed the entire sequence to play, recognized that there was a foul on Ausar Thompson: “ Upon review, we determined that Thompson touched the ball first and was denied the opportunity to take it. Therefore, a foul should have been called on Donte DiVincenzo. »
“ I played the ball. I didn't look at the images. You lose the ball, it's in front of you, you try to get it back. Like I said, I respect everyone's opinion. I can't say until I see the pictures. “, simply comments the back of the Knicks. “ I was very confused when I found myself on the ground and the game continued, I'm not going to lie », reacted in the camp opposite Ausar Thompson, who expected “ clearly » to benefit from a whistle.
The final word for Josh Hart, whose team was itself the victim of a refereeing error two weeks ago in Houston: “ I've seen some crazy things happen while playing basketball. Whether there are basketball Gods or not, crazy things happen over the course of an 82-game season. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Cade Cunningham | 46 | 33.9 | 45.3 | 34.6 | 85.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 22.2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 28 | 32.9 | 46.8 | 41.5 | 77.9 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 20.2 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 5 | 28.6 | 47.7 | 38.7 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
| Jaden Ivey | 52 | 27.9 | 44.8 | 36.0 | 72.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 15.1 |
| Jalen Duren | 41 | 30.1 | 63.5 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| Alex Burks | 43 | 20.9 | 39.4 | 40.1 | 90.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 12.6 |
| Evan Fournier | 4 | 21.6 | 50.0 | 47.4 | 71.4 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Isaiah Stewart II | 35 | 30.6 | 47.0 | 37.4 | 74.6 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 26 | 18.4 | 59.1 | 16.7 | 82.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| Ausar Thompson | 56 | 24.2 | 49.0 | 15.1 | 60.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 8.7 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 6 | 14.9 | 54.5 | 58.3 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| Marcus Sasser | 50 | 16.3 | 46.8 | 42.4 | 85.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| Kevin Knox | 31 | 18.1 | 46.2 | 33.0 | 90.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.2 |
| Killian Hayes | 42 | 24.0 | 41.3 | 29.7 | 66.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| Shake Milton | 4 | 15.8 | 42.3 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| James Wiseman | 37 | 14.3 | 66.4 | 0.0 | 62.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 6.0 |
| Stanley Umude | 17 | 11.2 | 48.1 | 54.8 | 91.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 5 | 14.8 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Quentin Grimes | 1 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Tosan Evbuomwan | 1 | 8.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Isaiah Livers | 23 | 20.4 | 34.5 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| Monte Morris | 6 | 11.4 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| Mike Muscala | 13 | 13.2 | 34.1 | 38.2 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Malachi Flynn | 4 | 9.4 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Jared Rhoden | 6 | 7.1 | 54.5 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Joe Harris | 16 | 10.6 | 35.9 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Malcolm Cazalon | 1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
