{"id":694321,"date":"2026-06-09T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694321\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:58:08","slug":"nba-admits-missed-foul-call-on-wembanyama-shoving-brunson-in-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694321\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA admits missed foul call on Wembanyama shoving Brunson in Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> have officially made the 2026 NBA Finals<\/a> a series after taking Game 3 on the road in Madison Square Garden. However, their victory may have come at a heavy cost. After reviewing a first quarter shove of New York’s Jalen Brunson<\/a> by Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, the league’s head of officiating, Monty McCutchen, has admitted they missed a foul call on the play. Even worse for San Antonio<\/a> is that it could turn into a retroactive flagrant.<\/p>\n

While there is no trouble just yet, Wembanyama has put himself in danger with this foul. Should the league upgrade it to a flagrant 1, Wembanyama would be subject to suspension if he were to commit another similar foul.<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama’s absence from the Spurs would almost certainly mean defeat in the NBA Finals. Wembanyama cannot afford to play so recklessly for the remainder of the series.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know about the foul and what it could mean for the Spurs.<\/p>\n

What happened between Wembanyama and Brunson?<\/p>\n

The play in question came in the first quarter of the Spurs’ Game 3 win over New York. Brunson and Wembanyama got tangled up during a possession and video shows Wembanyama tossing Brunson to the ground during the play.<\/p>\n

Will Wembanyama be suspended?<\/p>\n

Not yet. In the NBA playoffs, players are allowed three penalty points before a suspension is enacted. Wembanyama has already obtained two penalty points for his Flagrant 2 foul against Naz Reid<\/a> in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

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Should the NBA determine that Wembanyama’s shove warrants a Flagrant 1 distinction, Wembanyama would have three penalty points for the postseason, meaning one more flagrant foul (1 or 2) would lead to immediate suspension.<\/p>\n

What determines a Flagrant 1 or 2 in the NBA?<\/p>\n

Per NBA Rule 12, a Flagrant 2 is called when contact with an opposing player is determined to be “unecessary and excessive.” A Flagrant 1 is called when the contact is only unecessary.<\/p>\n

A Flagrant 2 is also grounds for an immediate ejection from the game and comes with a minimum $2,000 fine.<\/p>\n

When is Game 4?<\/p>\n

Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals is scheduled for Wednesday, June 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET from Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY Sports: NBA admits they missed a foul call on Victor Wembanyama in Game 3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Antonio Spurs have officially made the 2026 NBA Finals a series after taking Game 3 on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[55423,36783,43181,78366,355,5489,13331,6999,2116,99,32090],"class_list":["post-694321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-flagrant-foul","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-monty-mccutchen","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}