Knicks’ Josh Hart blasts Scott Foster’s ‘ridiculous’ decision to eject him

MILWAUKEE — Josh Hart said it was “ridiculous” that he was ejected for his inadvertent head kick on Friday against the Bulls, explaining that it was beyond his physical capabilities to make that type of maneuver.

“Obviously I’m off balance. My leg is going up before I even look at him,” said Hart, who returned to the lineup Sunday to log 37 minutes with nine assists and nine boards to help the Knicks to a 122-109 win over the Bucks. “But give credit to [referee] Scott Foster for thinking my athletic ability is so great that I was able to make that decision to kick him in a split second.”

Hart was stripped by Javonte Green at the end of the first quarter and was midair before his leg swung and hit the Bulls player across the face.

Hart was then tossed by Foster, and it cost the Knicks as they were killed in the rebounding battle.

Hart suggested there was discrepancy in what Foster told him and his explanation to a pool reporter after the game, when the veteran official said “intent is not a criteria” for a Flagrant 2.

“Obviously sucks — it being taken out of my control. Flagrant 1 I think it probably should’ve been, something that was accidental,” Hart said. “But I’m not sure what he was thinking because he was later like, ‘Oh, intent doesn’t matter.’ … But then he told me I looked at him and kicked him which obviously implies that I intended to. I’m not sure what his thought process was. Because it was kind of two different stories. So it is what it is.”