The Pistons, with the lowest record in the league, visited the Knicks in a home game today. Although they fought with their opponents until the last minute of the game, Ausar Thompson completed a key interception in the last 8 seconds and was about to launch a fast break, but was blocked by Nick Divinson. Donte DiVincenzo tripped and the referee did not blow the whistle. In the end, the Pistons were hit by Josh Hart’s game-winning layup, which made Pistons head coach Monty Williams call it unfair after the game.
The Pistons relied on Cade Cunningham’s 32 points and 8 assists in a single game, and Jalen Brunson’s 35 points and 12 assists. The two teams saw each other throughout the game.
However, with the Pistons holding a 1-point lead in the last 8 seconds of the game, when Thompson completed a key interception and was about to launch a counter-fast break, he was knocked to the ground by DiVincenzo, causing a Pistons error without the referee blowing the whistle. The Knicks also seized the opportunity. Hart made a layup that led the score in the last 2.1 seconds, giving the Pistons their 6th consecutive defeat at 113:111.
At the end of the game, the referee suspected of missing a foul call. Williams said after the game that this was the worst call of the season. “The whistle was not blown. I’m really fed up with it. We have been doing things the right way and have called many times in the past.” The league sent some relevant videos, but I’m just tired of hearing the same words over and over again and just want a fair game, but today it wasn’t fair.”
Williams admitted frankly that losing the game in this way really made the players feel powerless. “I’m really tired of discussing penalty issues, and I’m even more tired of players asking me after losing, ‘Coach, what else can we do?’ We’ve been doing this this season. I’m really fed up and tired of dealing with this situation.”
DiVincenzo said after the game: “I rushed toward the ball, but I haven’t watched the game film. We made a mistake at that time, the ball was in front of everyone, and everyone rushed over; I respect everyone’s point of view. , but there will be no comments until I watch the video again.”
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2024-02-27 08:03:45
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