Knicks Lose Heartbreaker To Rockets On Buzzer Beater Foul Call | New York Knicks

Knicks Lose Heartbreaker To Rockets On Buzzer Beater Foul Call | New York Knicks

♪ “THE KNICKS POSTGAME SHOW” PRESENTED BY AUDI. VISIT YOUR TRI-STATE AUDI DEALER TODAY. GREAT JUMPER TO TIE IT AT 103-103. .3 TO GO. BRUNSON CALLED FOR A FOUL ON AARON HOLIDAY, WHO HIT TWO OF THREE FREE THROWS. BRUNSON AND TOM THIBODEAU CAN’T BELIEVE IT. QUESTIONABLE CALL AT BEST.

THE ROCKETS BEAT THE KNICKS TONIGHT 105-103. HEARTBREAK FOR SURE. BILL PIDTO AND ALAN HAHN WITH YOU. KNICKS DOWN 14 AT THE HALF, FIGHT BACK REPEATEDLY, TIE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, TIE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND LOSE HEARTBREAKINGLY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT. EVERYONE WHO WATCHED THE GAME IS

TALKING ABOUT IT. WHY MAKE THAT FOUL CALL? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THERE’S CONTACT FROM BOTH PLAYERS. WE’RE NOT DENYING THE CONTACT. BY WATCH HOLIDAY’S LEFT ARM. HE ALSO PUSHES OFF, LOWER HAND OF BRUNSON, UPPER ARM OF HOLIDAY. THAT’S A VETERAN OFFICIAL AND JASON GOEBL HAS BEEN IN THE

LEAGUE ENOUGH. LIKE, BOTH GUYS MADE CONTACT HERE. THERE IS NO CALL. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD JUST GO TO OVERTIME. THAT’S ALL THAT IS, IT’S A CONTEST, IT’S AN AGGRESSIVE CONTEST. WE’RE AT A BUZZER, MOVE ON. TECHNICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE TECHNICALITY OF THE

CONTACT, BRUNSON DOES MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS LOWER HAND. HIS HAND’S DOWN HERE AND HOLIDAY IS BRACING HIMSELF PUSHING OFF. THERE IS CONTACT. SO YOU CANNOT DENY THAT THERE WAS A FOUL TO BE CALLED THERE. THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, FROM THE KNICKS’ PERSPECTIVE IS WHY, WHY ON THAT PLAY, A CHUCK AND

DUCK AT THE BUZZER THREE, IS THAT NECESSARY TO CALL WITH A GAME LIKE THIS? BUT IT’S CALLED. IF YOU’RE TOM THIBODEAU, WHY YOU’RE ANGRY IS NOT JUST ON THAT PLAY. WHY YOU’RE ANGRY IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOX SCORE, YOU SEE YOUR TEAM SCORED 58 IN THE

POINT, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE ROCKETS DID IN THE PAINT. YOU TOOK 12 FREE THROWS IN THAT GAME. YOU TAKE TWICE AS MANY PER GAME. YOU’RE TIED WITH THE ROCKETS FOR 11th IN THE LEAGUE IN FREE THROW ATTEMPTS. THE KNICKS GO TO THE LINE. SO DO THE ROCKETS.

THE ROCKETS GOT 33 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS. THE KNICKS GOT 12. THAT IS A HUGE DISPARITY THAT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN WHEN YOU ARE A TEAM GETTING INTO THE PAINT AND SCORING. THEY WERE BATTLING IN THE PAINT. THEY COULD NOT GET A CALL. THEY WERE FRUSTRATED ALL NIGHT

ABOUT IT. THE FACT THAT THE GAME ENDS ON A CALL LIKE THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF HOW HARD THEY HAD TO BATTLE BACK AND THEY HAD TO GET A CALL LIKE THAT TO FINISH IT OFF. YES, THE KNICKS ARE ANGRY ABOUT

THIS, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THE WHISTLE WASN’T THE WRONG WHISTLE. IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL, BUT DID IT NEED TO BE CALLED IS THE QUESTION. TOM THIBODEAU, BY THE WAY, AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF GOT A TECHNICAL. WHICH IS RARE. IT WAS A REPEATED NIGHT. FIRST TECHNICAL OF THE YEAR FOR

THE KNICKS COACH. A REPEATED NIGHT IN TERMS OF FRUSTRATION. WALLY SZCZERBIAK, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOUL CALL. TERRIBLE CALL, ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE CALL. LISTEN, NBA OFFICIALS, THEY MAKE THE RIGHT CALL AT THE RIGHT TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE CASE IS IN THE GAME. THERE WAS NOT CONTACT TO BE

WHISTLED ON A FOUL THERE. IT WAS A 35-FOOT SHOT. JALEN BRUNSON WENT UP STRAIGHT. HE TRIED TO CONTEST THE CALL. THERE WAS MARGINAL CONTACT, IF ANY. I DIDN’T SEE MUCH CONTACT BECAUSE HOLIDAY WAS MOVING TO HIS SIDE. THAT IS A REALLY TOUGH WAY TO

LOSE THIS BASKETBALL GAME. IT STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME WITH A TAJ GIBSON OVERRULE. THE KNICKS LOST THEIR CHALLENGE ON THAT CALL. TAJ GIBSON WAS STANDING THERE. HE GOT BOWLED OVER BY JABARI SMITH. THAT’S WHEN THE OFFICIALS STARTED TO GET UNDER THE KNICKS’ SKIN.

THAT IS A BRUTAL LOSS. IT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT THE WAY THEY CAME BACK. JALEN BRUNSON DOES NOT GET THE RESPECT HE DESERVES FROM THE OFFICIALS. JALEN BRUNSON IS AN ALL STAR. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A PLAYER THAT HAS EARNED THAT IN THE NBA. WALLY, YOU KNOW THIS YOURSELF AS

A PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE AND AS A GUY WHO WAS AN ALL STAR. WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN STATUS, YOU START TO GET CALLS. JALEN BRUNSON ONCE AGAIN IN THIS GAME WAS GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED WITH A LOT OF PHYSICAL DEFENSE AGAINST HIM AND A LOT OF TIMES

HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND WASN’T GETTING THAT WHISTLE. IT WASN’T LIKE HE WAS TAKING THREES AND FADE-AWAYS. HE KEPT GOING INTO THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE. THAT’S WHERE THE KNICKS WERE REALLY FRUSTRATED. THEY WERE TRYING TO DRAW CONTACT. THEY WERE TRYING TO PLAY PHYSICAL.

IT WAS AS IF THEY COULD NOT GET THE SAME WHISTLES THAT HOUSTON WAS GETTING IN THIS GAME. IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN. IT IS. BECAUSE THE KNICKS DRIVE TO THE BASKET HARD. 33 FREE THROWS BY THE HOUSTON ROCKETS AND ONLY 12 BY THE KNICKS.

ANOTHER CALL THAT REALLY STANDS OUT, DILLON BROOKS WAS ALL OVER JALEN BRUNSON IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE GAME. THE OFFICIALS HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP. THAT TIME WHERE DILLON BROOKS LOWERED HIS SHOULDER, COMPLETELY MOWED OVER JALEN BRUNSON AND JALEN BRUNSON GETS CALLED FOR THE OFFENSIVE FOUL? THAT WAS THE TYPE OF PLAY THAT

THE OFFICIALS — IT’S BORDERLINE — I MEAN, THAT WAS NOT A SOFT LITTLE LEAN IN TRYING TO GET SPACE. THAT WAS LEANING IN, LOWERING YOUR SHOULDER. HE DID THAT TO INTIMIDATE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO JALEN BRUNSON THAT I’M GOING TO HIT YOU WITH A LITTLE MORE FORCE AND TRY TO

MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE THE WHOLE ENTIRE GAME, WHETHER IT WAS 94 FEET FROM THE BASKET, DRIBBLING UP THE FLOOR. THIS WAS A PLAYOFF-TYPE ATMOSPHERE GAME. THAT’S WHAT THE HOUSTON ROCKETS WANT TO DO. IME UDOKA WANTS HIS TEAM NOT TO BACK DOWN.

HE WANTS TO TEACH THEM TO BE PHYSICAL AND PUT THE OTHER TEAM ON THEIR HEELS. THE OFFICIALS AT TIMES COULDN’T BLOW ALL THE WHISTLES. THERE WERE SO MANY FOULS THEY WERE COMMITTING THAT THEY SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE CAN’T BLOW THAT ONE. WE’LL BE BLOWING THE WHISTLE

EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION. FOR THE KNICKS TO GO DOWN LIKE THAT, I’VE NEVER SEEN TOM THIBODEAU LIKE THAT. RICK BRUNSON WAS IRATE AT THE END OF THE GAME. THAT WAS A REALLY TOUGH CALL. WHEN YOU LOOK FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, THAT WAS A REALLY ROUGH START TO THIS GAME,

ESPECIALLY FOR JALEN BRUNSON AND THE KNICKS. THEY WERE CLIMBING UPHILL PRETTY MUCH THIS WHOLE GAME, BECAUSE THEY REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THEIR OFFENSE, WALLY. YEAH, THEY DID. IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE MAKING MID SEASON TRADES AND YOU’RE DEALING WITH THREE STARTERS OUT OF THE LINE-UP. BUT THE WILL IS THERE WITH THIS

TEAM. THIS TEAM PLAYS WITH SUCH PASSION AND WILL. JOSH HART STEPS UP AND MAKES HUGE THREES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO MATCH THOSE THREES MADE BY DILLON BROOKS. HE WAS KNOCKING DOWN SHOTS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER. I LOVE THE RESOLVE OF THIS TEAM. FOR THAT BASKETBALL GAME TO BE

PLAYED AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER DOWN THE STRETCH, ATHLEBOTH SIDES NOT BA DOWN. AND THEN FOR AN OFFICIAL TO MAKE THE CALL LIKE THAT, WHICH WAS THE WRONG CALL. I UNDERSTAND IF IT’S THE RIGHT CALL. MAKE THE CALL WHEN YOU’RE FOULED

ON A THREE-POINT SHOT. MAKE THE CALL IF SENGUN WAS DRIVING INTO THE BASKET AND HE GOT HIT GOING TO THE BASKET. BUT IN THAT CASE, THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT CALL TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY EXACERBATED AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS MADE WITH .3 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. WALLY, GOOD STUFF AS ALWAYS.

HAVE A GREAT TRIP TO ORLANDO. WE’LL TALK TO YOU ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU GOT IT, BOYS. IT’S TODAY BAD. IT OVERSHADOWS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY THIS TEAM, SHORTHANDED, DOWN BY 14 AT THE HALF, A FIGHT BACK IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THEY TIE IT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT THEY WERE NEVER

ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE SECOND HALF. THAT WAS THE STRUGGLE. THIS IS A ROCKETS TEAM THAT LOST FOUR IN A ROW ON THE ROAD. THEY COME HOME WHERE THEY PLAY THEIR BEST. THEY’RE WAY BETTER AT HOME THAN ON THE ROAD. THEY MADE EVERY PLAY AND EVERY

SHOT. AARON HOLIDAY RIGHT HERE WITH THE JAM. THAT GOT HIM GOING. HE STARTED MAKING A BUNCH OF SHOTS EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE ROCKETS WERE ABLE TO RETAKE A BIG LEAD. YOU SEE HIM KNOCK DOWN THAT THREE THERE. HE HAD HIS OWN PERSONAL RUN. HE COULD GET ANYWHERE HE WANTED TO.

THE KNICKS HAD TROUBLE STOPPING HIM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE KNICKS WERE DOWN PHONENINE AGAIN. THE DEFENSE CONTINUED. LOOK AT DONTE DiVINCENZO. THERE’S BOGDANOVIC RUNNING THE FLOOR AND GETTING THE FINISH. THEN IT WAS BOJAN WHO GOT HIMSELF GOING OFFENSIVELY AS HE WAS GETTING A COUPLE OF SHOTS OFF.

BUT DILLON BROOKS — IT WAS LIKE WHO WAS GOING TO BE HOT NEXT. DILLON BROOKS MAKING THREE AFTER THREE IN FRONT OF THE KNICKS’ BENCH. HE HAD FOUR THREES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. JALEN BRUNSON WASN’T GOING TO BE STOPPED. TAKES IT TO THE RACK AND SCORES.

AND THE KNICKS GET THEMSELVES BACK WITHIN TWO. NOW THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO TIE IT. THERE’S EIGHT SECONDS. IT’S AMAZING HOW HE CREATED SPACE WITH THE STEPBACK. HERE’S THE PLAY. A CHUCK AND DUCK. SOMEHOW WE DECIDE A GOOD IDEA HERE IS TO BLOW THE WHISTLE RATHER THAN THIS GREAT GAME THAT

THESE TWO TEAMS ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH. MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST TAKE THIS INTO OVERTIME AND LET THE PLAYERS SETTLE IT. NO. A WHISTLE IS BLOWN TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE ROCKETS. THEY MAKE TWO OF THE FREE THROWS TO WIN THE GAME. AGAIN, WE’RE BEING REPETITIVE, BUT LOOK AT THE FREE

THROWS. TWO TEAMS ON THE SAME COURT PLAYING THE SAME GAME. YOU GOT 12 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FOR THE KNICKS. AND 33 FOR THE ROCKETS. IT’S NOT AS IF ONE TEAM WAS SHOOTING A BUNCH OF THREES. BOTH TEAMS WERE PLAYING PHYSICAL AND GOING TO THE BASKET.

SOME HOW, SOME WAY THERE’S THAT BIG OF A DISPARITY. THAT’S CONFUSING. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE LAST TWO-MINUTE REPORT TOMORROW AT 5 P.M. BRUNSON 27 IN THE SECOND HALF. BOGDANOVIC WAS HUGE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, 9 OF HIS 15 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. AARON HOLIDAY, HUGE FOR HOUSTON

WITH 11 FOURTH QUARTER POINTS. HE AVERAGES LIKE SEVEN POINTS A GAME. HE FINISHED TONIGHT WITH 18. AGAIN, IT SEEMED TO BE IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER WHO GOT HOT. IT WAS A POCKET OF THE GAME A LITTLE BIT WITH HOLIDAY. BOGDANOVIC REALLY GOT IT GOING. THEN IT WAS DILLON BROOKS WHO

WAS JUST BACK AND FORTH UP UNTIL THE VERY END. I JUST CAN’T GET OVER BEING AN OFFICIAL AND THINKING — YOU FEEL THE GAME AS AN OFFICIAL. THINKING TO YOURSELF I’M BLOWING THAT WHISTLE WHEN YOU SEE THE ARM UP AND THE ARM DOWN. LET’S SAY THERE’S FINE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST

QUARTER. ARE YOU MAKING THAT FOUL CALL? FIRST OF ALL, HE’S NOT TAKING THAT SHOT, BECAUSE THERE’S NO REASON TO. YOU CAN WATCH IT AND YOU CAN SEE CONTACT. IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE OFFICIAL, YOU’LL SHOW THAT JALEN BRUNSON HAS AN ARM LOW AND HE

DOES TOUCH THE BODY. BUT YOU’LL ALSO LOOK AND SEE THAT HOLIDAY HAS AN ARM UP AND HE’S PUSHING OFF BRUNSON COMING AT HIM. SO THAT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE LET’S GET TO OVERTIME, BOYS. I’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS GAME FOR HALF MY LIFE. THE VETERANS DON’T CALL THAT,

AND THEY CALLED IT IN THAT SITUATION. TECHNICALLY TOMORROW, IT WILL BE IT WAS THE CORRECT CALL. TECHNICALLY THAT’S WHAT THEY’LL SAY TOMORROW. CORRECT CALL. YOU JUST DON’T. YOU GO TO OVERTIME WITH THAT GAME BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TOO WELL. LET THE PLAYERS DECIDE IT.

DON’T LET IT BE DECIDED ON A CHUCK AND DUNK THREE WITH ONE SECOND LEFT. THEY’RE NOW 4-4 WITHOUT OGN

The Knicks were fighting from behind for most of the game but were able to finally get the equalizer on a Jalen Brunson jump shot with less than 10 seconds left. On the final play of the game Jalen Brunson would be called for a contact on Aaron Holiday who would score the winning 2 free throws.

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