Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
7
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Marcus Smart took a swing at Golden State’s Charles Bassey and got himself ejected from the Warriors’ 115-108 loss to the Rockets on Wednesday night in Houston.
asserted
himself → take → Houston
The Warriors center saved his punches for after the game.
asserted
center → save → game
“Obviously,” Bassey said, “that was weak.”
asserted
that → say → ?
Bassey and Smart got tangled up going for a rebound on a Warriors offensive possession late in the third quarter.
asserted
Bassey → tangle → quarter
They continued the spat down to the opposite end of the court, and Smart eventually turned and put his chest into Bassey.
asserted
Smart → continue → Bassey
Then, he took a step back and threw a punch.
asserted
he → take → punch
Bassey kept his arms by his side during the whole exchange.
He wasn’t impressed — or intimidated.
asserted
He → keep → exchange
“I just think that, honestly, that was fake toughness,” Bassey said.
asserted
Bassey → think → ?
“It didn’t surprise me.
asserted
It → surprise → me
I knew he was going to do something. …
asserted
he → know → something
I don’t think he was trying to play.
asserted
he → think → ?
I think he was trying to get himself out of the game.
asserted
he → think → game
If he was trying to play, he wouldn’t do that.
asserted
he → try → that
I think he was trying to chill.
asserted
he → think → ?
He wasn’t trying to hoop, bro.
asserted
He → try → ?
According to Bassey’s account, he was just trying to grab an offensive rebound when Smart took hold of his hand.
uncertain
Smart → accord → hand
Even as the game shifted to the other end of the court, he wouldn’t let go.
asserted
he → shift → court
Earlier, Bassey said, Smart grabbed his knee while setting a screen.
asserted
Smart → say → screen
“He’s been playing dirty the whole game, man,” Bassey said.
asserted
Bassey → play → ?
As they were going back and forth down the court, Bassey said, “He said, ‘Hey, don’t do that.’
asserted
He → go → that
And I said, ‘Do what?’
asserted
I → say → what
Like, it’s a grown-ass league, you know?
asserted
you → ’ → ?
But he was trying to chill tonight.”
asserted
he → try → ?
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