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Evan & Tiki

Evan and Tiki Short: Thibs Challenge Ends up Helping in a Loss

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Josh Hart being taken off the floor with a 5th foul ended up leading a huge Knicks run

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tuesday in New York City.

0:03.3

So I want to take you back to a play in last night's Knicks game

0:05.9

because there's certain moments, certain plays in a game

0:09.6

in which you say to yourself,

0:11.9

wow, that actually benefited the New York Knicks even though it didn't.

0:16.4

Do you guys remember the one-time Tom Thibodeo

0:20.2

issued a challenge in last night's game. You recall that,

0:23.7

Tommy, as you were there? Yeah, a lot of it's blurry, but I do remember him using the challenge.

0:28.9

The challenge was used on what was a blocking foul called against Josh Hart. Yes. It was his

0:35.7

fifth. And so Tom Thibodeau disagreed with such call and challenged it.

0:42.2

Now, I know a lot of Nick fans at this point, we're not happy with the whistle.

0:45.3

They were not thrilled about the situation.

0:47.0

Carl Anthony Towns gets slapped in the back of the head.

0:49.5

Don't call.

0:50.0

Great.

0:50.6

But as this play is happening, there's a lot on the line for Joshua.

0:55.1

Because if it's overruled, Joshua only has four fouls, he stays in the game.

0:59.2

If it's called then it's his fifth foul, he comes out.

1:02.7

Well, it was upheld.

1:04.3

At this point in the game, the Knicks are nursing a three-point lead with about 10 and a half minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

1:11.3

And because he committed his fifth foul, Tom Thibodeau had no choice,

1:15.0

but to take Joshua out of said basketball game and replace him with OG An Anobie.

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