Josh Hart and Jaylen Brown
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The wife of New York Knicks forward Josh Hart was disturbed by an unusual incident in her husband’s recent game against the Boston Celtics.
Hart and the Knicks took on the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday. Just seconds into the start of the second half, Hart got into a heated altercation with Celtics forward Jaylen Brown. They were quickly separated by their teammates after exchanging shoves with one another.
Replays of the moments leading up to the altercation revealed that Brown appeared to grab Hart’s crotch. Hart immediately responded by shoving Brown; and Brown responded by pushing him back. The referee then blew the play dead to de-escalate the situation.
Both players were assessed technical fouls for the incidents. Naturally, Knicks fans were incensed that Brown didn’t receive a harsher punishment for the dirty play.
Jaylen Brown grabbing Josh Hart's junk seems more than a common foul. should be sexual assault.
— Colby Hall (@colbyhall) May 15, 2025
This is so absurd bro . Like really bro this is weird on national tv where everything can be replayed . No shame . Weirdo https://t.co/jsZqr2Paaa
— 9ylan (@uknow9ylan) May 15, 2025
i’ll say it again: this mf played dirty and wtf was kornet thinking pushing hart away??? he started all this bullshit but let’s be real, brown’s the one who really did it https://t.co/gJEDmeE7Ym
— ma 🍵 (@w2epoles) May 15, 2025
Included among them was Shannon Hart — Josh’s wife. Not long after the final buzzer, Shannon offered a single word in response to the incident involving Brown.
“Weird,” she said in a Wednesday night tweet.
At the time of writing, neither Hart nor Brown had made a post-game comment about the incident.