The NBA has ruled that Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will not be assessed a flagrant foul for his actions in Monday’s Game 3 win over the Knicks.
The league determined that Wembanyama’s shove of Knicks guard Jalen Brunson did not meet their criteria for the center to be assessed a flagrant foul retroactively.
Wembanyama and the Spurs dodged what could have been a series-shifting moment. If the Spurs center were assessed a flagrant-1 foul, he would be one flagrant foul away from a mandatory one-game suspension in the NBA Finals after he was given a flagrant-2 foul after he threw an elbow on the Timberwolves’ Naz Reid in the second round of the playoffs.
The NBA’s ruling is not unexpected, and eyes will be on Game 4 to see how tightly the game will be officiated after Knicks head coach Mike Brown criticized the officiating after Game 3 and guard Jose Alvarado sent a warning to Wembanyama and the Spurs, saying “that’ll be the last one.”
Game 4 will emanate from MSG on Wednesday before the series shifts to San Antonio for Game 5 in San Antonio.
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