“Hack-a-Ingram” is officially a thing. Note: it’s not “Hack-an-Ingram” because that just sounds weird. “Hack-a-Ingram” is the official name for the thing that officially happened to Brandon Ingram tonight.
This isn’t a good sign, when your supposed sweet-shooting prospect is getting purposefully fouled because he has trouble making free throws. He made them both in this case, but that’s not the point. The point is the Knicks saw him airball that earlier free-throw, they saw him miss the other two, and they thought that intentionally sending him to the line gave them the best chance to win.
Let’s hope that this doesn’t become a regular thing, because the club of players that regularly get hacked is not a very illustrious club. It probably won’t, because Ingram isn’t even THAT bad at foul shots, but it happening even once is kind of embarrassing. Maybe this will light a fire under him and he’ll score 20 (or more!!!!) at some point this season? That’s what I’m hoping for, and he’d better hurry up, because the season is whiling away fast.