RJ?s mouth bloodied on a chase for loose ball. No foul. RJ hacked going to hoop from Behind. No call. Instead ref gifts ball back to NYK.... one of those ?well, something happened but I won?t call a foul but give you ball back, so no harm? type of BS NBA ref thang...
Well, Wizards promptly challenge ruling NYK ball. They overturn it. Bum ref ignores foul... but tried to give NY ball. Hey, zebra, when you go to hoop and get hacked in the head that?s the definition of significant contact.
Knicks had cut lead back to 8 with 3 to go and had chance to get back into it.... RJ did right things, taking ball strong to the hoop. But, for some reason, official swallows the whistle.
Just like how ref could?ve swallowed whistle on the aforementioned Wagner drive... but didn?t. Why does Wagner get the call but not RJ?
Again, so impactful are these calls and non-calls. It?s why it?s so hard to watch NBA anymore.