{"id":136549,"date":"2025-04-27T19:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=136549"},"modified":"2025-04-27T19:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:18:19","slug":"josh-hart-last-second-foul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/27\/josh-hart-last-second-foul\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart Weighs in On Last-Second Foul Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons played another down-to-the-wire game. And again, the Knicks were victorious. This time, however, there was a bit of controversy on the last-second play. Was it a foul by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a> or not? The Knicks forward had an opinion about it after the game.<\/p>\n<h2>Josh Hart Weighs in On Last-Second Foul Play<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking with reporters after the game, Hart admitted that there was contact on the foul play. But he refused to say whether that was a foul or not. The Knicks forward said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid I make contact with him? Yes, I made contact with him. Was it legal? I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll let the two-minute report say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Josh Hart on fouling THJ during final play of Game 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRWO4fHedS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The play in question was the last-second shot by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardati01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Hardaway Jr<\/a>. With the Knicks leading 94-93, the Pistons had one last shot to try and win the game. In the mess, Hardaway got a shot off, but he missed it. Pistons players believed that he was fouled by Hart on the play, but the referees didn\u2019t call it.<\/p>\n<h3>Piston Coach Wants More Respect for His Players<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/22\/pistons-playoff-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">series<\/a>, coaches have talked about free throws and whether their players are getting the respect they deserve. After this one, JB Bickerstaff, head coach of the Pistons, talked about it again. Speaking about the last-second play by Hart, he said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, the guy leaves his feet, there\u2019s contact on Tim Hardaway\u2019s jump shot. You know, I don\u2019t know any other way around it, there\u2019s contact on his jump shot. The guy leaves his feet he\u2019s at Timmy\u2019s mercy um, and I repeat, there\u2019s contact on his jump shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bi\u1ebfn gi\u1ea5y m\u00e0u th\u00e0nh nh\u1eefng sinh v\u1eadt bi\u1ec3n \u0111\u00e1ng y\u00eau v\u00e0 sinh \u0111\u1ed9ng\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8xEzvNvAWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was not the first time Bickerstaff talked about the fouls his team received in these playoffs. Then, he again talked about how referees do not show respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cunnica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cade Cunningham<\/a>. He said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean again, they do let you play more physical. Well, some people get to play more physically. I\u2019ll say that you know, I think these past couple of games it\u2019s kind of hard for me to believe you know, that Cade only gets to the free throw four times as much as he drives and gets to the paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/25\/knicks-weaponize-team-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Game 3<\/a>, the Knicks went 26-29 from the free throw line, while the Pistons went 22-27. Cade got three free throws, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> got 13. But in Game 4, Brunson got only two free throws, while Cade got four. The Knicks as a team went 11-18 from the free-throw line, while the Pistons went 14-17. So, the teams are relatively even in the free throw department.<\/p>\n<h3>Josh Hart Lets the 2-Minute Report Be the Judge, But He Is Wrong<\/h3>\n<p>In his post-game interview, Hart talked about the possible foul, saying the last two-minute report should be the judge of it.<\/p>\n<p>But the report says that after a postgame review, they found out Hart made body contact that is more than marginal and a foul should have been called. Well, sadly, we cannot get the game back. The Knicks now go back home with a 3-1 lead over the Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Referee David Guthrie says a foul should\u2019ve been called on Josh Hart \ud83d\ude2c <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3d3c4fW6jP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3d3c4fW6jP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1916592293294883207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons played another down-to-the-wire game. And again, the Knicks were victorious. This time, however, there was a bit of controversy on the last-second play. Was it a foul by Josh Hart or not? The Knicks forward had an opinion about it after the game. 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