REVEALED: Tyrese Maxey’s Game 5 heroics against the Knicks never should have happened, as

The NBA has stated that officials of Tuesday night’s Game 5 between the Knicks and 76ers missed a critical travel on Philadelphia star Tyrese Maxey. 

Maxey’s walk with the ball happened on the play where he made a 3-pointer and drew a foul on New York’s Mitchell Robinson.  

Maxey’s effort helped the 76ers push their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series to a Game 6 on Tuesday night thanks to a pair of clutch 3-pointers with under 30 seconds left in regulation against the Knicks. 

Now per the league’s Last Two Minute Report, Maxey’s star-making effort should have been cut off before it began, along with three other missed calls.  

Down 6 with 28.2 seconds to go, Maxey bumped Robinson going up for a 3-pointer, which he made. Maxey also swished the ensuing free throw. 

Maxey scored 46 points in the win, including 17-for-30 from the field and seven 3-pointers

Maxey launched himself into Robinson to start his 4-point play that helped the 76ers win

Josh Hart missed one of two free throws to give the Knicks a 3-point lead with 15.1 seconds left.  

Brunson shocked the Madison Square Garden crowd by then making the game-tying 3-pointer from the Knicks logo, including Ben Stiller on celebrity row. 

The Knicks could not score to end regulation and fell in overtime to the 76ers. Now, the series heads back to Philadelphia. 

The other calls to be identified as incorrect include a clock error, when there should have been 0.4 seconds left on the last play of regulation instead of having the clock run out, giving the Knicks one desperation chance to win the game before overtime.

Jalen Brunson also should have been called for an offensive foul on the play where he received a flagrant foul from Joel Embiid. Hart was also deemed not to be out of bounds with 41.5 left in regulation.