Highly questionable from the beginning, and the referees completely lost control.

Knicks fans were irate at the officiating in Game 3, and nothing about that has changed in the first quarter of Game 4, as Knicks star center Karl-Anthony Towns was called for a foul on an opening drive from De’Aaron Fox 18 seconds in during the Knicks’ wild 107-106 win.

Fox drove to his strong side and threw up a layup without a hope of going in, but was able to force contact into Towns’ hips, and a bit of embellishment led to an instant whistle and a first foul on the star forward.

Precisely 48 seconds later, Towns appeared to draw a foul on center Victor Wembanyama, but a review from the officials showed that Towns was hooking Wembanyama’s arm close to his body.

Both fouls were borderline at best, but it was a worthwhile challenge from the Spurs, as Wembanyama avoided a foul call early in the game, while Towns got his second foul inside of the first two minutes.

Towns immediately went to the bench, and the Knicks put in Mitchell Robinson as they went down double figures in the opening quarter.

Luke Kornet was also not called for an obvious goaltending late in the first quarter on a Josh Hart floater.

“That’s100 percent goaltending,” color commentator Tim Legler said while laughing because it was so ridiculous. “That’s absolutely goaltending,” legendary play-by-play man, Mike Breen, responded.

With 29.6 seconds remaining in the first quarter, Wembanyama dribbled a ball out of bounds, and the ball was called out on the Knicks despite pretty clearly being off the Spurs star center.

San Antonio scored on the free possession.

With seven minutes left in the second quarter, Towns was called with another dicey foul, his third, where even color commentator Richard Jefferson said, “there’s not a whole lot there” after looking at the replay.

Knicks fans were furious, and social media was ablaze with frustration over the lack of consistency between games and teams.

Chants of “refs you suck” thundered throughout Madison Square Garden on multiple occasions throughout the first half.

The Knicks, trailing by as many as 29 during the second half, rallied for a miraculous win. Towns finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.