The San Antonio Spurs screwed up the Knicks’ 13-game-winning streak, but that won’t really matter so long as the Knicks pull this one off tonight.
A 3-1 lead, with Game 6 back in the Garden as a backup? That would be such a back-breaker that I would truly expect for the Knicks to just take it in five if they break the Spurs’ back tonight.
Mike Brown fought for his team with the refs, and that will hopefully bring about a closer called game tonight. Heck, maybe the KNICKS can get the benefit of the call tonight, and maybe the SPURS can get into foul trouble for a change.
The Spurs did a nice job both A. adjusting to the Knicks, but, more importantly, B. going to the basket a lot more. Hopefully the young, dumb Spurs will forget to do that in Game 4, and the Knicks can start more fast breaks on the Spurs’ bricks, as the Spurs brick so many shots.
It would be nice if the Knicks don’t fall behind double digits in the first quarter again. The Spurs fall apart as the game goes on and their energy tails off, so not being down 10 when that happens would be a huge help. At the end of close games, the Spurs often look like no one knows what a set play is, so I would definitely feel good about the Knicks if it is a close game late, but I wouldn’t mind the Knicks blowing them out, too.
Let’s go, Knicks!
Just two more wins to go!
Fuck Wemby!
424 replies on “2026 NBA Playoffs NBA Finals: Knicks vs. Spurs Game 4 – Time to Restore Order”
Let’s.
Fucking.
GO.
Let’s do this. Confidence strong. Let’s get tough. Wemby wants tough? Let’s fn fight back
Beating the Spurs will be even more sweet with that smug, disingenuous, dirty fuck Wemby on the losing side.
Let’s go Knicks!!!!
Lets Fucking Crush the Spurs and stop all the fucking talk and analyses. Just a fucking curb stomp of a win
Let’s go let’s go let’s go!!!
Let’s go. Cut, pass, score, repeat.
Fuck the Spurs, go Knicks!!!!!!
This is our moment… let’s gooooo Knicks! 🧡💙
This guy in the white hair has to be aware if Hubert is at MSG or not !!! 😀
My hope is that hand checks get called and thusly win by 40 on that alone
If not, BLOOD AND BONE
Let’s go Knicks!
A good start will go a long way, as will a punch to the face to Wemby and Dolan. The second one has nothing to do with the game, I just want to beat the living shit out of that man so he shuts up.
Someone threaten his band!
This game will likely decide the series. The Knicks need to prove they are champions tonight.
Let’s go Knicks!!!!!
Okay, so this dude is a regular guy for the Knicks. That’s good, then.
Yeah it’s the same guy singing the anthem? Maybe they felt bad for him having to sing in front of Trump and people booing?
I think I could listen to Avery Wilson sing just about anything.
I believe he’s sung it every game during the playoffs. I think they said something about that last game.
Let’s fkn do it!
This team has made me proud to be a Knicks fan.
Into the breach, once more.
Let’s Go Knicks!
Last game i was calm and it didn’t go well, this time i’m super anxious again… 😉 😀
That’s what I was hoping for last time, and yeah, it seems to be the case. That’s good.
And here we go with the refs
It would also help to change the foul situation by not fouling on the first play.
Lol, first possession foul on KAT.
This is fixed
The refs are still on the payroll.
Watch, it’s gonna be two fouls on Towns in the first minute.
Turning this shit off. It’s so blatant
They’re going to win that challenge.
They’re going to lose the challenge, KAT didn’t hook him this time
They are going to call that on KAT? Wemby is keeping his hand under his arm on purpose. Come on now.
Smart challenge by Johnson. Golden Boy can’t foul.
Mitch, the moment is yours…
Let’s get a new truck, tonight!!
They overturn this people are going to be really irrationally pissed off
Bullshit challenge.
KAT did not touch Fox and was fouled on the drive by Wemby.
Result will be two fouls on KAT.
I’m out
Spurs guard (couldn’t see who it was) held KAT’s jersey for about 4 steps on his first basket, and that was right after they called a touch foul on him
Bad call to start on Towns. Very weak
ALREADY refs in the spotlight!
How do you challenge this early??? Mitch Johnson making sure they’re on his side? Fuck you bitch
Nah, KAT wasn’t holding Wemby’s arm there, Wemby was trying to sell a foul.
Bulsh*t, it’s Wemby keeping the arm on KAT
Brown might need to be ejected from this game. Make a statement
Jesus, how the fuck do you call that on KAT? This is bullshit.
KAT didn’t hold him, but it did look like a clean block on the replay.
Well, THAT won’t dispel the narrative.
Such a bad call
BULLSHIT!!!
Yeah this is the bullshit
We are watching a semi fixed sport. I can no longer respect this league. After close to 60 years, it’s time for me to find a new favorite sport.
i can’t believe it
WEMBY KEPT HIS ARM THERE ON PURPOSE. THEY ARE STEALING THE GAME FROM US AGAIN.
It gives the Knicks’ starting center two fouls. Of course you challenge it.
Boycotting this league.
Early Ugly shit
Yeah guys this is fixed.
I’m sorry we went so far and this happened, but we are not going to be allowed to win this game.
This is not a sport.
This is what I have been saying for days. It’s a farce.
I love you all but I’m out on the NBA.
Anything but a dunk or layup near the basket is too hard for the Spurs. It’s kind of fucking hilarious. But annoyingly, they’re hitting their wide open threes to start (that’ll change).
Vibes are beyond awful right now…
I’m starting to agree with Hubert, Breen said nothing about the challenge but could see Mikal almost committing a backcourt violation !?!?
Not watching the rest of the series either. Not watching the league next year.
If Vassell’s gonna hit triples, it’s a problem.
It’s a day ending in Y, so the Knicks are down ten in the first quarter of the Finals.
I will check back in later but I fear if I keep watching right now I’m going to give myself an ulcer
I’m just watching to see which Knick punches which Spur.
Why can’t this team play well at home? We’re way better on the road for some reason.
MSG might be the worst homecourt advantage in the NBA.
This is fucking rigged. Towns was clearly the gameplan to start the game and now we don’t know what to do.
I can’t stand this shit anymore
Refs cooked this, didn’t have the balls to make them lose the challenge… because GOLDEN BOY !! Come the f*ck ON !!!
Wemby pushed his arm into KAT’s armpit. A total flop. This is maddening.
They have to do a hard foul on Wemby.
But we’re winning this game, i’m sure of that… this will light a fire under our team!
I’m fucking livid right now
Listen man this has nothing to do with MSG or anything else. This is not a legitimate sport.
Such bullshit. Put in Sochan and deck Wemby.
Company man.
And we know what the company wants.
BOTH those KAT calls were bullshit. I’m so over this game.
Look, I hate to say this. But at some point someone on this team is gonna need to do something tough that noones gonna like but is gonna be deserved.
Take out Wemby’s knees or whatever. Not because I want the Knicks to win but because fuck the NBA.
Break both his knees, it’s okay:
we are wilting to the ball pressure. tyler kolek emergency ripcord is in play.
This is such obvious bullshit.
I believe that this team can overcome the refs.
We will see if they do.
I want many solid screens set on Wemby. Run through him hard on every screen he sets.
It impossible to play well when the refs call 2 fouls within one minute of the game on your second best player who also happens to play the same position as the best player on the other team. Shit is fucking rigged.
Refs gonna try to extend. We know that walking in the door. Our guys playing not to lose.
OG THE STAR!
My God Brunson can’t make fucking anything.
I’m only still watching bc I’m hoping to see a Wemby injury.
No, I lied, I’m going to go read a book.
It’s one thing if the Spurs were being the better team and beating us. But the refs gaming things is unconscionable.
I might see what the score is at half time. But I can’t watch this farce.
If the fix is truly in, fuck it, beat the fuckin’ fix!!!
At this point Huk might be worth trying over Mitch.
OG taking control. Good OG!
Breen again against the Knicks “it appears OG was going to pass the ball”
Hart!
Just like clockwork, the Spurs open a big lead, the Knicks close said lead.
First Josh Hart end to end since the year of the big rain. More please.
Hart is great finishing at the rim
It is just absolutely hilarious that the Spurs keep taking these jumpers that THEY CANNOT HIT.
This is the kind of force they need to play with. The passive dribble over half court turn the ball over type shit isn’t going to fly.
Johnson was gonna challenge that but then he realized the foul wasn’t on Wemby
This is obviously true, but anyone would if defenders can hand check all the time.
Look at this fucking foul called on Hart.
Look, these guys take the lead first thing and after the half because they are just more athletic. But if those early runs don’t get out of hand, we should beat them once they tire out a bit.
I can’t believe I wasted so much of my life watching this league.
They will never get a penny out of me again as long as I live
Keep disrespecting Castle he’s fucking toying with the Knicks.
Are we really going to see HUK minutes?!
Mitch is pretty useless this series
22 points in 6 minutes? Come on! Wake up!
I’m mad, but in my case they will because i love the Knicks.
Huk, buddy, what was that?
In addition to everything they can’t miss. 5-6 from deep.
Mikal!
Fuck they can’t miss either
I guess if the Spurs are gonna shoot 73% we have no chance
As Simmons noted the other day, the one big worry was that the Spurs would have one of those “hot from three” games.
They’re gonna cool off.
Huk, man, just punch him.
Come on, if Fox is hitting shit like that. Yikes.
They shoot well because we are SOFT. We don’t press them, don’t make them think twice, or leave them wide open. Unacceptable!
we need some game 4 philly deuce here
The Sixth Man of the Year being invisible is so weird.
Spurs are playing out of their minds.
They definitely leave them wide open way too much, even for shitty three point shooters.
I’m not going to make it through this.
This is beyond what I can handle. They are mauling Brunson away from the ball and he can’t get a call and any ticky tac against them gets called?
So Keldon Johnson raises his arm admitting the foul and then goes complain to the ref, this should be an automatic tech
Announcers not quite connecting the dots that Bridges picked up two quick (nonsense) fouls last game and KAT picked up two quick (nonsense) fouls this game.
NYC is a pretty resourceful town. Where is our super cut of all this trash refereeing.
We have our fucking garbage time players playing in the first quarter because the officials decided they are just going to rape us.
We aren’t soft. They’re not calling the fouls evenly
Nice block by Mitch, and awesome hustle by Alvarado on that tieup!
Lol, they missed a goaltend.
WTF is happening.
And a goal tending missed call
A goaltend… come on!!!
What is Happenig. These refs are terrible
“Wow” is right, RJ.
Ooph, a loose ball foul on the toss?!!
This is fucking bull shit
Clear goaltend. No call.
Then a bullshit foul call.
This is embarrassing.
Now we don’t get a goaltending call?
They get away with an offensive goal tending?
I’m surprised they haven’t started throwing things at the refs yet.
OG is the fucking MAN.
And they miss an offensive interference. This is insane. Pull the team from the court.
That was a tricky offensive interference call. I legit don’t know the answer to that one. Can the refs look at that one later? Like when they change threes to twos?
4 points literally gifted to the Spurs.
Above the cylinder… come on!!!
Just call this series off.
They keep this bullshit up, they might actually get a riot at the Garden.
4?? Your math is not right!!!
In fairness I don’t think this is rigged. They’re just incompetent
They missed a defensive goaltend at one end and an offensive goaltend at the other.
Brown should just put in the scrubs to make a point.
Refereeing in this series is already histrionically bad. Unfortunately, the Knicks are on the receiving end.
Weird thing I don’t think I ever really thought of. If you get fouled on a shot attempt, and don’t make it, is it a missed field goal?
What in the fuck is happening
A missed goaltend followed by a missed offensive goaltend? Are you fucking kidding me?
Deuce turning into a pumpkin is a big problem.
Deuce man, we need you to make your 3Ps
The officiating isn’t bad.
It’s intentionally corrupt.
Way to say something about that forearm shiver Harper used to create space Mike Breen you craven piece of shit Disney whore
When does Kurt Angle come out with the steel chair?
Only thing worse than than the refereeing is the way Knicks are playing.
Guess I’ll have to get into college ball, which is annoying with all the money and transferring going on now. Maybe I’ll have to like (sigh) football again.
Deuce, dude, come on, you gotta hit that shit.
Deuce is not even close. So annoying.
Deuce needs to start hitting those momentum changing shots.
Breen can’t say much. He’s the Knicks daily announcer. He’s wary of being looked at as a homer. And he’s basically a positive guy all around.
They’ve figured out the cheat code for JB.
Okay, as Bob noted, if they call this a flagrant, you might get a legit riot.
Knicks should be fucking embarrassed by the way the Spurs are just toying with them at MSG.
Agree 100%, but have in mind that refereeing affects their psychology.
That’s why you don’t retaliate. Look how happy he is.
That will obviously be called as a flagrant.
If they call this a flagrant I’m turning it off
The Knicks lack toughness and leadership on the floor.
Victor doing a bit of Neymar there. It’s gonna be flagrant.
This is the worst reffing I have ever seen
Also, fuck Wemby
Mitch if you are gonna hot him, hit the fucking bastard
Big first quarter leads don’t usually mean much
That’s all I got
It’s a legitimate flagrant, but not in light of so many other calls that weren’t.
Wemby is losing 10s of millions of endorsement dollars with this performance.
Knicks are awful today. Completely lost their cool. I didn’t expect this from them.
The officials threw down the gauntlet in the first minute of the game. They were not going to take any chances of this being competitive.
We’ll never know how this series might have turned out.
What was the difference between that and Castle’s forearm to Brunson?
Can’t listen to Breen anymore
Wemby probably wont mind when he’s holding up the Larry O’Brien trophy next week…
That was clearly put on Wemby
Now they miss the ball being from Wemby… come on!!!
Another missed call – Wemby just threw it out of bounds.
Castle is a Globtetrotter. Robinson is a General.
Eight maybe ten dubious calls and the indignity is listening to how “well” the Spurs are playing.
Just gotta chip away.
How can you keep your cool with this refereeing??
The New York Screwjob
Don’t bet on it.
Crazy that every call goes the Spurs way. Why is that?
Because it’s been like this the whole series, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
They’re just playing like shit.
Well good news: we scored 41 in a quarter last game and still lost.
Spurs shot 65% including 6 for 10 from 3 in the 1st quarter, I’d say they’re playing pretty damn well.
They don’t make their open shots it doesn’t matter how shitty the refs are.
There is no way to justify a 41pt quarter. That having been said, the refs butchered us in San Antonio with the second game being worse than the first. Now they repeat exactly the same on our own court. This quarter was beyond belief. I don’t know what to say.
I’m done. There’s been so much one sided officiating it makes me sick. I just can’t watch this bullshit anymore.
Tonight is even worse, they’re human just like us. Of course i’d like them to keep their cool, but i’m not mad at them, it’s not their fault.
We’ve lost our composure but honestly I can’t blame them. This is unbearable to deal with. More than 5, maybe close to 10 bad calls. Refs and Silver want to extend the series but maybe they just want to crown Wemby now
Up 2-1 and playing like we’re completely not capable of being on the floor with these guys.
They are too good to try to overcome an 8-10 point swing on bad calls.
Fuck off, Al, no one needs to hear this!
Well sure, take our best player out of the game and then “miss” double digit amounts of calls and sure, it gets a lot easier to “play” “basketball.”
Yes. Against Ariel Hukporti and Jeremy Sochan.
But that’s just one side of the story, should they talk about the rest or not?
Just shake off this quarter. It’s over. Start chipping away at it.
We came back from 20 down with 7 minutes left against Cleveland and came back from 20 down twice last year against Boston.
It’s not over as long as we can shake this off mentally.
It’s not just us… a few random comments from the Portland fan site, Blazers Edge:
It’s “almost” like the rules don’t apply to “certain” players
This is getting bad. I wish the NBA would actually hold refs accountable at all. Dock their pay or fire them when they are just this egregious.
I hate that these calls are so blatantly bad that it fuels the idea that the league is fixing the series
The NBA won’t let the Spurs lose
These are comments from Trail Blazers fans!
OG is the fucking MAN!
Fox hitting 2 out of 4 threes is insane.
Alvarado, dude, you can’t do that shit.
Well that kinda feels like the game
The guys who couldn’t hit water from a rowboat are now shooting the lights out.
Now Fox is fucking toying with the Knicks.
You know what… we got a little too cocky… New York was New Yorking in a really bad way… the universe has decided to humble us for a few days.
We need to play on the road again.
This feels like Kings Lakers
Another flagrant
This is insanity
That will be another flagrant.
This is embarrassing. Alvie with a bad news bears foul
If we are gonna get flagarants let’s actually hit them
Hope Dolan does another radio interview tomorrow!
It was obviously a foul, but Wembly flopped quite a bit there.
Where’s Jalen?
tim legler is the only announcer calling what he sees…jefferson is staying relatively mute…
fucking Mike Breen is selling this shit show…
if James Dolan let’s breen call another knick game for us – he’s the pussy…
yeah, after this series, never hearing his voice again will suit me very well…
Thing is. For all his turnaround this playoffs, Towns’s weakness is “pity me.” If he goes to that place (and I think his prayer-pass to Alvarado says as much) someone has to slap him on the bench or turn the lights out.
Watching the spurs laugh and cavort in msg is sickening when in any remotely fair officiating situation they’d be getting swept
I can’t believe I’m actually turning a Knicks Finals game off. Thanks, Silver.
Why did he shoot free throws? That wasn’t a shooting foul?
You have to love the, “Okay, you’re down 23, we’ll give you a call” bit.
Brunson’s just pounding nails every time down.
I turned it off ten minutes ago.
Not watching the rest of the series either.
Somehow get this deficit down to around 12 by halftime to hopefully give ourselves a chance in 2nd half.
Breen glazing Wemby during that stoppage was truly pathetic. I don’t know what’s happened with him but not a great look
Under 20!
Let’s put this around 10 pt deficit on the break
I think the Spurs have 0 turnovers
What a weird comment from Jefferson. “After 82 games, you’re no longer a rookie.” Okay, weirdo.
Deuce is unplayable.
This is our first quarter against Philly.
It would behoove the Knicks to actually fucking defend the 3pt line every once in awhile.
I didn’t think I can either. This is as bad as the first Miami Dallas finals and the Kings Lakers WCF
OG is so impressive.
Spurs are gonna score 80 points this half
Ok. Well. This one’s over. We never had a chance on this one
Is Hart injured?
Yes.
PS – we may be forgetting most of the league hates Dolan as much as we do, so …. Championship? Nah bruh.
It would have been nice to just know what we could have done. That’s the part that hurts most. We’ll never know. They just were not going to give us the opportunity to compete.
You’re kidding me.
That was another phantom call on KAT.
Sorry but you can’t play Mitch.
Hacking Mitch when leading by 25, Spurs are just fucking trolling the Knicks right now.
We’re going to be down 40 because Mitch is on the court.
They’re clearly not going to allow KAT to get on the floor. That was decided at the beginning of the game.
Super smart play by Brunson, but I don’t think it’s going to count.
Mitch has been ass all series.
BBA, man, if you can say something positive, i’d appreciate it
Yeah, that’s pretty rough.
Curious to hear Shaq and Chuck at half. (Maybe the first time I have ever typed/felt that.)
Yeah, they only decide well when we would be the ones to be favored
They aren’t going to say shit
The problem about analyzing this game is that it’s so hard to think about how much of their loss of composure is linked to KAT being taken out of the game after 60 seconds.
honestly, I can’t remember watching a span of three games together like this where call after call after call went against us…
in a way where the timing was critical…
betting dollars to donuts (can’t really do that no more I guess):
the refs will even the calls out in the second half, try to facilitate a knick “comeback”…
hoping like heck the first thing out of MB’s mouth once again is the officiating to start the game…
It’s just wild that they would do this after all the stuff about the bad calls after game three.
Sure cyber, I’m still sticking to my prediction before the series started of Knicks in 6!
I could handle fouls called later in the first half but to call those two quick fouls like that on KAT right away.
I’ll tell you what I think might have happened…
for the first time in NBA history, the refs decided to punish the team that tried to influence the officiating.
They didn’t like being called out and this is their fuck you to us.
We’re also playing like shit and they’re playing great.
Yes the Spurs are dominating. But what if Wemby had had two quick dubious fouls in the first minute of the game. Now discuss.
Oh. See? Kornet in? Little run. Makes a difference, gentlemen. Point it out.
I’ve never seen a more obvious thumb on the scale.
how can the officiating not be in the team’s head at this point…
Quick four in a row by Brunson!
As soon as KAT picked up his second foul I turned to my wife and said “this game is over, it’s fixed.”
She thought I was overreacting.
no mike breen, you and the nba want to see a seven game series wherein wemby can be crowned…
Kat getting that non sense second foul ruined the game.
Deuce has been awful and would give Kolek playing time.
Mitch – ahis body might be shot. If you rest him during the regular season and he can’t stand up for a playoff run and his free throw shooting is awful . I think you have to think hard about letting him go if some team wants to spend on him .
I’m going to bed at halftime. Hopefully a miracle happens that I don’t get to see.
The Knicks never give up!
The FIRST foul on KAT was fucked.
Yeah even Shaq shot 50 percent from the line. If Mitch can’t step up in these types of situations and teams can just hack a Mitch, it really isn’t worth having him.
All the talk was about getting KAT going for the Knicks. And he mysteriously gets foul trouble right away
There’s still PLENTY of time to get this close to 10 by the end of the first half.
Mitch’s hand is also broken cuz he’s a basket case.
Listen it’s hard to look at a game where they said “fuck KAT” just like they said “fuck bridges” immediately.
It’s also the game where the Spurs actually hit shots they don’t hit.
There’s always a chance. But it’s very hard to overcome that.
Great held ball by Huk!
trust me, put on that halftime crew show it’ll be all:
– hear no evil
– speak no evil
– see no evil
Silver is at MSG and nobody is booing him !?
If you’re the Knicks do you skip media after the game?
I would. Bunker mentality. Treat game 5 like it’s you vs the whole league (bc it is)
how is there not a:
fuck this cheating shit adam silver
chant not going in inside msg…
The spurs are not really missing any threes. Refs have hurt this game, but we can’t buy a three and they are hitting most of theirs.
Checked back in briefly, glad I went with the book and the glass of red and some jazz. Which I will now go back to.
As with my no longer reading the NYT, I won’t watch this because I divorce myself from swimming in corruption.
Rich fans just not bringing it tonight. “Ref you suck!” should have been deafening at minute two.
The story is our bench has been unplayable the past two games – with the exception of Alvarado. Duece has lost his shot and can’t pressure well anymore. Shamet starting to miss threes. And Mitch can’t play on both ends now.
Lot of pressure on the starters to do well.
Brunson has been horrible all game on both ends – to the point I want to see more Alvarado
A Sochan….jumper?!?
KBA I don’t think the crowd has been bad, I would have liked. A good elbow on Wemby though
13-21 from deep. It’s ugly.
Goodnight
This is the third game in the row we have faced legitimately insane bias from the officials.
I kinda don’t blame them for quitting. This is not an actual sport, this is scripted.
Pathetic on many levels at this point
The guy who needs to play is Kolek. At what point does he get a chance
The Knicks have an 18-6 FT advantage in a game where they’re getting hosed by the refs.
That’s diabolical.
It was so fucking obvious that Trump going to the game was going to be the end of this run.
If they come back will you still be away
Three straight possessions running Phil Jackson’s triangle with Jeremy Sochan at the pinch post.
It was such a bizarre sight.
Don’t miss FTs, please
KAT has played 8 minutes
Mitchell Robinson has zero points and 0-4 from the line. I’m getting closer to getting him out of here . Put him in the Giannis deal
Hey, at least THAT went well!
“It’s amazing how quiet the crowd is.”
That was bad advice there!
wtf is Breen talking about? Second straight game Spurs completely taken the life out of the building?
Dude we were up 7 at halftime!
They’ll never give up!
I turned it off.
Really had a terrible reaction to what I was watching and embarrassed myself pretty badly in the process.
New goal: let’s put this at 20 on the half
Breen is out of Touch
That was such a douchey three point attempt by Wemby.
This is so depressing.
It’s worse if you paid 4 a ticket to watch it
Ball movement is bad – hello Kolek
Dolan deserves this. Not the team or the fans but Dolan. Spoiled rich billionaire, on the heels of the team taking a 2-0 lead, invites Trump and gives an asinine interview. He disses the very popular mayor and lies about watch parties. He overcharges for tickets and we get rich/uninspiring fair weather fans cheering and booing.
We just couldn’t recover from whatever the fuck that was in the first quarter and are likely losing this game. We need a game 3 Hawks reset or we are losing this series.
Knicks made 15 shots
Just weird.
Refs ruined this, who knows if they would be making their shots at this super high clip if they were not up as much as the refs helped them to be at the beginning of the game?
Game plan was to run plays through KAT- he goes out and you bring in a guy who can’t play offense or defense in Mitch
We aren’t going to win any more games if we let them have wide open threes all game. You have to control what you can control at the very least.
So, in the end, we can’t have nice things.
Over/under 20 comments here in the second half
Bidiong the plan is that they can’t shoot and yeah..
Refs think they’re slick with a quick 2 on KAT followed by tilting the FTA towards the Knocks. Zack Zarba you slick-haired fucking bum.
Over, i’ll be here till the end, the team deserves it.
KAT has been a 10 BPM player in the playoffs.
Take him out of the game, as in make him literally unplayable, and the game is over because the next guy up is Mitch, who sucks.
Easiest thing in the world to rig. Just call fouls on the first two plays where he is anywhere near a basketball, and that’s all you need to do.
Surgical in its execution.
Sure the Knicks could be playing better but really what is the point?
Oof. It’s 4am here. I was gonna take this game off bc I thought the extenders would do their voodoo.
But I tuned in (bc we love these guys, right? We still love these guys).
I’m in shock at how aggressive the refs have made themselves the story tonight.
Sleep time. I truly hope I miss the most incredible comeback in Knicks history. Make it so, gents.
I am taking nothing away from the refs surgical interventions. They stemmed the tide, and made it a flood. But I don’t know how much what we watched can be blamed on officiating. Probably a lot. Let’s look at the other side. The Knicks came to the floor both psychologically and schematically unprepared, as to what they will face — I mean both the Spurs as well as the officials. This was the most important game of the season and of the last decades. How could they show up like this?
The defensive lapses were beyond belief, and the mental collapse was evident from the start. The shots they keep missing on offense are mostly the consequence. They still have no clue what to do with the Spurs ever more confident defense when Wemby is on the floor, although they did score a respectable 49 points. I will give them that.
I don’t think there is a way back from this. I only hope they make the score respectable so we go back to San Antonion with some dignity.
The crowd issue- yes it’s a bunch of people with money in the building
The team also didn’t giving them something to cheer about . Bricking shot after shot isn’t going to get the crowd
that was it, ernie set up the early KAT fouls, chuck mumbled it changed the game, draymond followed up with tough shit…
Castle is legitimately an excellent defender.
I couldn’t hear them but I saw the first thing they talked about was KAT’s fouls. What did they say?
Thankfully there are 2 off days before Game 5, Knicks definitely need the extra day to recalibrate.
I’m firmly in the Mitch can go camp. Not worth the trouble. If he could make a free throw I could deal with him , but nope.
I’d pull the starters the rest of the game and just play the garbage time guys as protest.
Don’t take any chances with anybody getting hurt. Put the garbage time guys in so the world changes the channel.
And then start giving the Knicks a major free throw advantage when the game gets out of hand so it looks clean
Would love to know what Dolan is thinking right now…
I’m serious about the garbage time thing. Kolek-Deuce-Diawara-Sochan-Mitch.
Mitch and Deuce can just run with the garbage time lineup, it’s fine.
That they will win in 6
Announcers did say it “totally changed the game” and “the Knicks are down 27 as a result.” But, of course, it was all said through chuckles and banter bc, after all, the Knicks need to man up if they want to be World Fucking Champions. That’s just the truth, Ruth.
Forgot about Diawara. I would rather see him get Mitch minutes and before Sochan gets on the court . The fact they are hiding him all playoffs and may not keep him is dumb.
More than Breen had the balls to say
Brunson looks lost out there. He’s overcome good defenders before but his decision making has been awful the past two games. His poor play is a big reason this series may get tied in the next hour.
I can’t believe I almost paid for a ticket for this game. I’m glad to not have given Dolan my hard earned money.
I think the sage cleansed the Trump curse but we didn’t account for the Dolan interview curse hours before the game. Damn, tough break guys
Whistle will be fair again Game 5, I know how pro wrestling is booked
Brunson isn’t the reason the Knicks are losing this game. He was indeed a big reason for last game along with other players like Shamet , Deuce and Mikal.
I don’t think it’s likely that we can get back from this deficit, but i’ll be here till the end. They made it to the Finals, they started great, they deserve that we believe in them. Maybe we can win all games in SA, who knows?
got the sound off now…will say though, just watching inside the nba started playing: smiling faces sometimes in my head…
Nothing. Like all people like him, he will take no accountability and continue to do what’s best for him and him alone.
It doesn’t matter if the whistle is fair in game 5, we shouldn’t have to watch a sport where the league attempts to fix three consecutive games and then maybe you get a “fair” whistle in the next one.
None of this is worth watching.
Mitch shouldn’t see another minute this series. He has been completely useless
Welcome to the real world to everyone whose two month stint as a fan of the New York Knicks has been 100% positive
They have somehow scam the viewers into this as they are posting record breaking ratings https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/knicks-spurs-averages-238-million-viewers-in-most-watched-game-3-of-nba-finals-since-1998-with-president-trump-at-msg-123532690.html
You know what happens when the league sees ratings like that after years of drop post curry and LeBron .
I’m just sad the refs ruined this, i was prepared to win and to lose, but the latter NOT LIKE THIS.
We are just passing up open 3s when we get them
Instead of us figuring out their defense, it’s them who figured out ours last game, and there was no counter by us today. It only got worse.
Why did OG pump fake that corner 3??
Jolly Mitch has been garbage all series. When he couldn’t impact the Cavs series it should have been known .
The comeback begins!
Castle looked surprised “can the refs call fouls on us??”
Not saying it as any consolation.
Sorry how is that forearm from castle different than the Mitch one?
Meanwhile Mike Breen is talking about the final score of game 5 in 1999 while they show the replay.
I hope Dolan fires him tomorrow.
Well I’ve been trying keep quiet about it but this is what i expected. Don’t think we win another game.
with the refs giving the Knicks free throws tonight it will make the total in the series closer . It’s all fixed
The next flagrant means he misses a game, right?
Flagrant. Yeah. Thank you. Too little, too late.
Need 4 flagrant points. How many does he have
Ok. Then you can stop posting
Not tonight, Pags, please.
This is why they didn’t want to elevate the shove against Brunson. He would be suspended.
Wow
Clap
That would have got him suspended him for game 5 if they hadn’t covered for him
Wemby is a dirty player, hadn’t seen the play with Naz Reid until now. Outrageous.
The move now is to push and shove him all game til he retaliates
Fouls that mean nothing in the grand scheme of things. League knows wher rebutting stands and it won’t be a major issue
Just use Hukporti .
7-0 run!
I love how dumb the Spurs are. You obviously just slow the game down, and they’re not doing that at all.
Wow that play was all over
Play for pride
Kylie Jenner is way hotter than Taylor Swift.
Now we’re playing better. Keep grinding, team.
Would be poetic justice to get in his head
I stayed away for 13 straight wins and 1 loss. Watching just the first quarter did me in tonight. This whole thing sucks. How does a league conspire against fair play? Total garbage. Plus, the Spurs did not miss. TCM had The Poseidon Adventure on tonight. Much better option.
Taylor Swift’s presence is only marginally worse than Trump’s.
Part of me thinks we deserve this. Not us specifically, we’re good. But none of these people at the Garden or at the bars are knicks fans.
I almost only watch the Knicks. 😛
Corky Romano is better than this garbage
19 point game!!
They are Shading Wemby with Hart. I wonder if the Knicks just play 5 out going into next game
Their shooters are remembering that they suck!
A stepback three?!
Spurs are basically falling asleep or the nba has told them we need to keep the viewers
Stops!
The crowd is into it and they just miss big shots ..
Bridges has lost his mojo.
I can’t believe Fox just dribbled the clock to the end of the shot clock and took a step back three. Too, too funny.
JK, how can I watch daily boxing? Feels weird to say, but that sport is clearly less rigged than basketball.
Silver turned the magnets off lmao
13-0 run!!!
Hmmmmm….
16!!!
No, there can be no comeback. As soon as we climb closer, KAT will be whistled for a pair of fouls guaranteed. My conspiratorial self talking.
Of all of the stupid coaching decisions, taking Wemby out during a 13-0 run is one of the dumbest.
This is so scripted that’s all I got to say
We’re still not hitting our shots yet.
Shamet 1-8 on threes
13-0 run and still down by 16 smdh
WTF was that Alvarado shot?
Brunson & OG have more than 2/3 of our points. Where are the other Knicks?
Not sure this is the time for the Alvarado Brunson backcourt.
Shamet had cooled off substantially
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/bcUuqKrnvVY Made me think of this
Alvarado killed the run with that stupid shot.
Sitting OG right now is killing the comeback.
Not sure what Alvarado is providing right now, however, deuce has been awful as has Clarkson
Mitch is in?? For them to do the hack-a-Mitch??
COUNT IT AND THE FOUL!
Refs had KAT on the bench
Mikal is on pumpkin mode .
Alright Jalen
I watch a lot of boxing.
Believe me when I tell you boxing is less rigged than this.
NBA = WWE
Hahaha, airball!
Let’s bring this to 12
Down 17 with the ball. There is SO MUCH time left!
Do you pay for DAZN?
The NNA isn’t going to allow the Knicks to win this. It’s to keep the viewer kind of watching.
Let’s get it to 12.
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