ORLANDO — Josh Hart said he didn’t mean to grab pesky Jalen Suggs by the neck.

Hart picked up a technical in the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ 133-121 loss to the Magic on Saturday after fighting Suggs for a loose ball, an exchange that ended after the Knicks player’s right hand wrapped around Suggs’ throat.

“It was a loose ball. Obviously, we’re jockeying for the ball. I wasn’t even looking at him,” Hart said. “I was looking at the basketball, and I didn’t realize I hit him in the neck until they slowed it down second by second. A play where bodies are flying and hands are flying.

Josh Hart picked up a technical in the fourth quarter after fighting Suggs for a loose ball, an exchange that ended after his right hand wrapped around Suggs’ throat in the Knicks’ 133-121 loss to the Magic

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