2/24 @ New York

[Don Buddin's GS]

That was some weak shit right there

 

[k-factory]

Bs call

 

[OnWisc]

That seemed pretty predictable.

 

[128]

Knicks close the quarter with seven straight points.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Weird. I thought for sure he'd advance and go for the 2 for 1.

Yeah, nevermind.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Pritch damn-near nailed that.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Foster crew on national TV doing what it can. The phantom illegal screens are so bad.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Great quarter, obviously, but Knicks have to be feeling alright about only being down 13. They're still in the game.

 

[chilidawg]

Good quarter, close didn't go as planned but DW missed an open 3 and Brunson grifted himself a couple of free throws.

 

[Ed Hillel]

If you're not advancing, that timeout is just weird.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Weird. I thought for sure he'd advance and go for the 2 for 1.

I also thought that was very strange.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

He's playing the Knicks best player and contesting every shot.. without fouling. Brunson's making shots, but they're tough shots.. and he had to push off to create space at least twice on Hauser.

Hauser is doing a credible job as you note. Brunson cooks everyone at some point but he is working his ass off tonight, including against Sam. People are just finding things to worry about now

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Pritchard, at 1-3, is the only Celtic not shooting above 50% from the floor.

 

[Scriblerus]

Brunson is becoming the new Jimmy Butler. A good player who gets so many questionable calls.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Brunson is becoming the new Jimmy Butler. A good player who gets so many questionable calls.

They each are great at drawing contact.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Back to back rushed shots. Move the ball

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Is that Al Horford going baseline?

 

[The Mort Report]

lol that flop

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Baloney

 

[lars10]

How is Brunson grabbing PP's arm a fucking foul on PP?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Brunson tugs the arm then dives fuck him.

 

[128]

Back to back rushed shots. Move the ball

Attack the basket from time to time.

 

[chilidawg]

Jeezus Brunson gets a good whistle.

 

[lars10]

lol that flop

how does the ref standing right there not see him grabbing his arm?? Brunson even put his arm up to say he fouled him.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Brunson might as well have turned to the ref and said, "hey, I flopped," right there.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Garbage

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Thurman Brunson is a grifter.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Bojan = annoying

 

[lars10]

I hate how much Tatum is just manhandled and you breath on Brunson and it's a foul

 

[OnWisc]

Just like they drew it up.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Lots of Cs fans from what I can hear

 

[lars10]

Hart only fouled Drue three times on that drive from behind..

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Missed the layup but also missed Jrue getting hacked repeatedly

 

[Ed Hillel]

Brunson appears to be the new league darling. Annoying.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Doris "poor Josh Hart..."

I like Hart but he definitely has great PR

 

[timelysarcasm]

They're rewarding Brunson's poor defense with those whistles. Won't fly in the playoffs.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

I know most of the games from here until playoffs are to some degree perfunctory but the last 6 points have had me out of my seat.

 

[The Mort Report]

Can we please get a national voice point out how horrible Tatum's whistle is compared to regular players, let alone other superstars

 

[Auger34]

Brunson gets a laughably favorable whistle. Some of these are such clear dives it’s embarrassing

 

[Scriblerus]

They each are great at drawing contact.

Sometimes, but they also both get a ton of calls that are either clear flops or minimal contact.

 

[chilidawg]

Al's had a great 4th quarter.

 

[Auger34]

Tatum still gets a normal good player whistle as opposed to perennial 1st team All NBA whistle

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Brunson appears to be the new league darling. Annoying.

League is better when the Knicks are relevant or some bullshit.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

how does the ref standing right there not see him grabbing his arm?? Brunson even put his arm up to say he fouled him.

it was definitely a foul on Brunson. But he used his body to hide the grab and then flopped on the arm being pulled away. Bad miss, but I also sort of get it

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Tatum's at 37 minutes now. Is he going to 44? Coming out now? Coach Joe figuring on some garbage time?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

They each are great at drawing contact.

Jimmy is great at drawing contact, Brunson is great at drawing whistles more in the way Harden does it.

 

[The Mort Report]

Brunson gets a laughably favorable whistle. Some of these are such clear dives it’s embarrassing

The thing I don't get is it's obvious the league instructs the refs how to call games. When the NBA was just Entertainment, I hated it but I got it, but now that they take millions(billions?) from gambling entities shouldn't any thumb on the scale be ultra illegal?

 

[bosockboy]

Brunson out. De facto white flag.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Pritchard is playing at such a high level right now.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

12-6 quarter in 7+ minutes. Grind.

 

[k-factory]

JB so assertive. Still disappears at points but this man is brimming with confidence right now