OT: NBA & Basketball - 2025-26 Season -- This is once again a bad basketball team

[NCRanger]

Game 3 in 1994 had the same thing. There was an absolutely atrocious call late in the 4th quarter that handed Houston the game. Nobody remembers it because it was a Sunday afternoon game after the Rangers Game 6 loss.

The Knicks should have won that series in 5, but the NBA wouldn't let them.

 

[will1066]

Don't let those nuns get in for Game 4. They're the ones who killed the vibe

 

[Kocur26]

I’ll never forget or forgive

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Does anyone else HATE how many challenges there are in basketball now? Other than baseball that I only "watch" when invited to games (I'm in my phone all game), no other league is that ridiculous with it.

 

[Crystal Methodist]

Does anyone else HATE how many challenges there are in basketball now? Other than baseball that I only "watch" when invited to games (I'm in my phone all game), no other league is that ridiculous with it.

The problem with this is that the Knicks literally need to rely on challenges to even have a fair game at this point.

 

[NCRanger]

Does anyone else HATE how many challenges there are in basketball now? Other than baseball that I only "watch" when invited to games (I'm in my phone all game), no other league is that ridiculous with it.

And there doesn't seem to be any limit as to what can be challenged.

Wemby gets away with being KAT's proctologist because he was so far up his ass before supposedly KAT hooked him on the rebound.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Time to invade France again

 

[Filip Chytil]

John Starks was a big no-show tonight. Needed more points from him.

 

[Kocur26]

You can make the case it should be 2 to 1 Spurs.
You could really make the case it could be 30 spurs- the Knicks were thoroughly played for 3 quarters in game one.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

 

[Clark Kellogg]

 

[will1066]

Folks, let's get back on track. Thanks.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

24-8 FT disparity in the 2nd half. Every quarter there are multiple team fouls right away, and/or the Spurs are in the bonus before the quarter is halfway through. It makes it very tough to play your game or defend when you're constantly in foul trouble right away. 4th quarter was an absolute joke to start. 3 pretty soft calls to start and then 2 non calls on shooting fouls the other way. The Wemby shove to Brunson, that even the sleeping guy saw, set the tone that Wemby could do whatever he wanted.

Knicks need to be better, for sure, but this is ridiculous. Brown called them out, but I'm not holding my breath for any changes. 3 games now, it's clear what the league wants.

 

[Crystal Methodist]

 

[Bob Richards]

Woke up aggravated. I need tomorrow to hurry up already.

 

[Kocur26]

 

[will1066]

Woke up aggravated. I need tomorrow to hurry up already.

Nah. Let's not rush into things. Mike Brown needs a day to make adjustments, like how to get the refs on his side for once.

 

[LeetchisGod]

The refs were garbage but the Knicks need to get back to a player and ball movement offense. Way too much Brunson one on one. Let KAT run the offense from the perimeter. That's when they've been most effective.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

 

[will1066]

Everyone, I ask kindly to avoid posting videos of fights and stuff. A lot of them come from sources with an obvious bent.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

This was a horrendous no call


But i don't wanna hear about game being "rigged" and disparity in free throws. The spurs were dribble penetrating and getting great looks near the rim most of the night, Knicks werent. That pretty much explains it.

They got outplayed.

 

[I Eat Crow]

This was a horrendous no call


But i don't wanna hear about game being "rigged" and disparity in free throws. The spurs were dribble penetrating and getting great looks near the rim most of the night, Knicks werent. That pretty much explains it.

They got outplayed.

The Knicks need to do the same. The Spurs adjusted and put on more pressure on the perimeter and took more open 3 balls away.

Get the ball to OG and Towns and let them bully in the paint. Towns has been feeding Wemby his lunch all series in the paint. Play at him and let him get in foul trouble early.

 

[HolyHagelin]

Good, take the fine, get us a better whistle next game. That was stupefyingly atrocious. The NBA is screwing up this huge opportunity to lock in millions of eyeballs that are coming back this playoffs - the viewership is growing massively for the first time in a decade. Officiating like we saw last night is wasting an opportunity for the league as a whole. New/returning viewers won't stick around for something that's so blatantly fixed.



Spurs literally have "be dirty" as their gameplan. Time to send in Diawara to give Wemby a Goldberg spear.

 

[HolyHagelin]

Play at him and let him get in foul trouble early.

Mostly your post is correct, but this last bit - have you watched this series? The refs are never putting Wemby in foul trouble. He literally fouls every play, and should have at least one flagrant in each of these games.

 

[HolyHagelin]

Does anyone else HATE how many challenges there are in basketball now? Other than baseball that I only "watch" when invited to games (I'm in my phone all game), no other league is that ridiculous with it.

Each team gets a maximum of 2. Without challenges the Knicks get zero FT in the second half of g2. The biggest problem I have is that if a team keeps winning challenges they can "run out" and still be charged a time out.