The New York Knicks star, Josh Hart, is giving about his dream of winning an academy award after receiving a fine of $ 2,000 for an atrocious failure in Sunday's defeat against Boston Celtics.
The 29 -year -old Villanova product was penalized Monday after the cameras caught him embellishing some contact with the Guard of Celtics Jrue Holiday during a quick rest of the Knicks. Hart was clearly hooked by Holiday's left arm, but somehow he stirred in another direction when the Celtics star moved by the court.
The veteran official Tony Brothers was not deceived with the performance and the game continued with the Celtics leading 80-60 in the third quarter. Boston would win 118-105.
Responding to his fine in X, the always humorous Hart joked: “Dang no Oscar for me.”
But NBA fans, clearly exhausted with players' failures, did not laugh.
“I should have fined it more than that,” said a fan about X.
Hart was clearly hooked by Holiday's left arm, but somehow stirred in another direction
New York Swingman was penalized on Monday after the cameras caught him embellishing some contact with the Boston Celtics Jrue Holiday Guard during a quick rest of the Knicks
“At least 20k,” added another.
“We need more examples of this garbage,” wrote a fan before he disagreed with Hart: “He should have won an academy prize for that.
NBA players can receive a fine of $ 2,000 for a first failure offensive, with sanctions that increase with each transgression.
The referees are not obliged to stop playing to whistle a violation of failure. Instead, the commissioner's office evaluates flopping fines.
The humorous moment could not distract from the fact that the Knicks are now 0-7 against the Celtics of the defending champion, as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, the respective first place teams of the Eastern and West Conference.
“We are not trying to close the gap with the Boston Celtics,” Hart told journalists in Boston on Sunday.
'They are the champions for a reason. They have NBA boys, they have All-Stars, a great team. We are not trying to close the gap on them. We are trying to make sure to get where we need to be at the end of the year, and at this time we are not there.
“We all have to advance to the dish,” Hart added. 'We really have to start building. At this time, we have the possibility that we can face (Boston) along the way. We have to keep improving.
The Knicks were expected to compete for a NBA title this season after acquiring All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns and the front versatile Mikal Bridges during the summer.
“It is a continuous process,” said the Knicks coach and former assistant of the Celtics, Tom Thibodeau, when asked if they have closed the gap with Boston. '(That) team is a well -greased machine. They have been together for a while. We have to continue learning and improving.