Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson admits he ‘f**cked up’ in crucial Tyrese Maxey mistake

It looked like the New York Knicks were going to advance to the next round of the playoffs on Tuesday night as they led by six over the Philadelphia 76ers with under 30 seconds to play. Enter Tyrese Maxey. Maxey put the 76ers on his back and led a late comeback to tie the game and send it to overtime. He hit a huge and-one three, and then he also hit a logo three to tie the game with eight seconds left.

Mitchell Robinson was the Knicks player guarding Tyrese Maxey when he made the and-one three late in the fourth quarter. At this point, the Knicks were up by six and the last thing that you want to do is foul. Robinson fouled Maxey, and he buried the triple. Robinson knows that he has to be better.

“I’ll just take it like a man,” Mitchell Robinson said after the game, according to a tweet from Fred Katz. I f**ked up. I mean, s**t — gotta be better next game.”

If Robinson doesn’t foul Maxey there, the game is likely over and the Knicks move on to the next round of the playoffs. Instead, Maxey was able to tie it with another three, and the game went to OT.

76ers win in OT, force game six