Spurs' De'Aaron Fox clearly fouled by Knicks' OG Anunoby on pivotal play called a block

In real time, it seemed like New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby had made a legendary block of De'Aaron Fox, which set up OG's putback bucket, which completed the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history as the Knicks came from 29 down to beat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

Upon further review, it was a pretty clear foul committed by Anunoby on Fox, who should've been going to the line to shoot a couple free throws.

On the broadcast angle, it was tough to tell. Anunoby clearly got close to denying the ball. One could make a case for a foul with the body, but that was less likely to be called in this spot than any kind of illegal contact up top.

Here's the play as it was shown on the broadcast:

OG ANUNOBY WITH THE CHASEDOWN BLOCK ON DE'AARON FOX 🤯pic.twitter.com/r4nVCAze6s

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The problem is that Anunoby's lead hand never actually reached all the way to the ball.

Instead, he whacked Fox across the wrist.

Multiple photograph angles, including the one at the top of this article, show the moment when Anunoby was hitting not the basketball but instead Fox's arm.

This one is the most clear:

Foul on OG? Ruled a block. pic.twitter.com/1kmLKvvg3y

There don't appear to be any still or video angles which show even a nick of the ball by Anunoby. That doesn't mean it didn't happen, but everything points toward a foul.

Sure, the Knicks still could've won the game. The Spurs were choking at the foul line down the stretch.

And sure, Fox could've run away and wasted a few more seconds, but he would've been fouled pretty quickly by the Knicks, so going for what he thought was a pretty open layup made sense.

The reality is that, if this was indeed as much of a foul as it looks to have been, the referees simply can't miss that.

The NBA Finals may have hinged on this call, and by all indications, the refs whiffed.

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