{"id":816,"date":"2026-06-08T04:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/nba-rescinds-mitchell-robinsons-technical-foul-from-game-2-of-finals-after-reviewing-shoving-match\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:05:32","slug":"nba-rescinds-mitchell-robinsons-technical-foul-from-game-2-of-finals-after-reviewing-shoving-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/nba-rescinds-mitchell-robinsons-technical-foul-from-game-2-of-finals-after-reviewing-shoving-match\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA rescinds Mitchell Robinson&#8217;s technical foul from Game 2 of Finals after reviewing shoving match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 to take a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Colin Cowherd reacts to the win and asks if the Knicks stole the game, and he wonders if the Spurs can stop Jalen Brunson.<\/p>\n<p>New York Knickscenter Mitchell Robinson had a technical foul against him from Game 2 of the NBA Finals rescinded after the league took a look back.<\/p>\n<p>During the Knicks\u2019 105-104 thrilling win on Friday to push their series lead to 2-0, Robinson andSan Antonio Spursphenom Victor Wembanyama were involved in a shoving match near the paint, which resulted in a whistle.<\/p>\n<p>But despite both players getting physical, it was only Robinson who received a technical foul. Both players were trying to fight for position, but when Wembanyama threw his hands in the air, Robinson was the one getting a foul.<\/p>\n<p>New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson reacts to a call in the second quarter during game two of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on June 5, 2026.(Scott Wachter\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>This came with 4:56 left in the first half, and required Karl-Anthony Towns to come back in the game.<\/p>\n<p>A technical foul is free throws and possession of the ball, which could\u2019ve hurt the Knicks in the end. However, they once againstole a game on the road, as they head to Madison Square Garden for its first Finals game since 1999 against these same Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>KNICKS CENTER MITCHELL ROBINSON SEEMS TO BE FIRED UP ABOUT PLAYING GAME 3 IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP<\/p>\n<p>The game came down to the final possession, where Wembanyama, who turned the ball over and fouled Jalen Brunson to allow him to hit one of two free throws for the eventual game-winning bucket, missed the final shot to suffer back-to-back losses.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson was defending Wembanyama on the play, but when the 7-foot-4 big man went for the shot, he had a clear look. However, it smacked off the rim and bounced out. Devin Vassell secured the rebound for San Antonio, but there wasn\u2019t enough time left on the clock despite banking in his shot.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson ended up playing 14 minutes for the Knicks, tallying seven points, three rebounds, one block and one steal across that span.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Fox News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 to take a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Colin Cowherd reacts to the win and asks if the Knicks stole the game, and he wonders if the Spurs can stop Jalen Brunson. New York Knickscenter Mitchell Robinson had a technical foul against him from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}