
How Pistons are moving on from controversial non-call against Knicks: Makes it ‘sting more’
NY Post
The NBA’s admission that the referees botched a critical call at the end of Game 4 was of no consolation to the Pistons.
The league acknowledged Monday that Josh Hart should have been called for making “more than marginal contact” with Tim Hardaway Jr. on the missed 3-point attempt at the buzzer of the Knicks’ 94-93 victory Sunday in Detroit.
The Pistons didn’t take any solace in that concession as they suddenly faced elimination Tuesday night at the Garden.
“Yeah, for sure, I think that makes it hurt, sting more, for sure,” Detroit forward Tobias Harris said following a morning shootaround before Game 5 at MSG. “But that’s in the past now.
“It’s heartbreaking obviously, but that’s over with. We understand where we’re at today and what we gotta do [Tuesday night].”
All-Star point guard Cade Cunningham added the Pistons “knew they got it wrong in the moment, so it’s really no difference.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












