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The New York Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals Monday night, 115-111.
At least that’s what the box score says.
What I watched looked more like the Spurs and the officiating crew teaming up for a buddy-cop movie while the Knicks were cast as the extras.
Mike Brown might want to start setting aside some money because the NBA is probably already printing his fine after he absolutely unloaded on the officiating following the loss. And honestly, Knicks fans everywhere were probably standing in their living rooms giving him a standing ovation.
The biggest mystery of the night wasn’t who was going to win Game 3.
It was whether the officials remembered they were allowed to call fouls on San Antonio.
The Spurs somehow ended up with 24 free-throw attempts in the second half while the Knicks got eight.
Eight.
I’ve seen New Yorkers wait longer for a bacon, egg and cheese than the Knicks waited to get a whistle Monday night.
Brown couldn’t believe it.
Neither could anyone with functioning eyesight.
Josh Hart gets flattened.
No big deal.
Jalen Brunson takes a forearm to the head.
Play on.
Karl-Anthony Towns gets smacked across the arm going up for a put-back.
Apparently that’s legal now too.
At one point I was expecting the refs to announce over the PA system:
“Ladies and gentlemen, physical contact against the Knicks will now be encouraged.”
Then came the play that deserves its own episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
Five minutes left.
Knicks down six.
The Spurs have SIX players on the floor.
Not five.
Six.
The kind of thing you learn not to do in fifth-grade basketball.
The officials stop the play.
Everybody waits for the technical foul.
Everybody knows it’s a technical foul.
The rule book knows it’s a technical foul.
Instead?
Nothing.
The basketball gods themselves probably looked down and said, “Wait… what?”
OG Anunoby was standing there wide open ready to shoot while Knicks fans were ready to launch their televisions into orbit.
The officials simply waved everything off and acted like nobody saw the extra Spurs player casually wandering around the court.
That’s like a police officer pulling over a car with six tires and saying, “You know what? Let’s just restart the drive.”
Look, the Knicks didn’t play their best game.
San Antonio played hard.
Victor Wembanyama was fantastic.
The Spurs deserve credit.
But if you’re telling Knicks fans they only got fouled enough for eight free throws in an entire second half of an NBA Finals game, I’ve got beachfront property in the Bronx I’d like to sell you.
Now the Knicks head into Game 4 with their series lead cut to 2-1 and one mission:
Beat the Spurs.
Beat the refs.
Beat whatever version of the NBA rule book showed up Monday night.
Because if Game 3 taught us anything, the Knicks may need to prepare for more than one opponent Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
And judging by Mike Brown’s postgame comments, he’s making sure everybody knows it.
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