NBA’s bungled response only made noise louder around Victor Wembanyama’s controversial shove

New York Knicks NBA’s bungled response only made noise louder around Victor Wembanyama’s controversial shove By Mike Vaccaro Published June 10, 2026, 8:21 p.m. ET Jalen Brunson looks to make a move on Victor Wembanyama during the Knicks' Game 3 loss to the Spurs in the NBA Finals. NBAE via Getty Images There aren’t a lot of sports matters that I have little time for. But there are two that, normally, push the boundaries to their brink. One is officials — 999 times out of 1,000 I’ll stop in its tracks any kind of argument that blames losses on officials. That’s a loser’s lament. Do refs/umps blow calls? All the time. Have there been some crooked ones? We know there have, a few.

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