Tim Bickford

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

Mike Breen: "The tip––it's good. It's good! IT'S GOOD! With 1.2 remaining, Knicks take the lead!"

Tyler Murray: "He put it in! Anunoby put it in! The Knicks take the lead!"

Spanish: "Anoonoby! OG! OG! OG Anunoby!"

French: "OH OOH OOOOH OG ANUNOBEEE!"

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

In sure this has been said but the MSG crowd, which at times is overrated, was absolutely tremendous in the Q3/Q4 in willing the Knicks back into it any time they rattled off a couple buckets. That’s the legendary stuff.

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

KAT could get legit shot and they wouldn’t call a foul

[Aaron Nagler @AaronNagler]

Spurs vaunted “pressure defense” reminds me of the Legion of Boom. Just foul them every single moment/play. Make the officials call it…knowing they won’t.

[Andrew Perloff @andrewperloff]

I’m not a Knicks fan but the second foul call on KAT on the overturn was one of the worst calls I’ve seen in a Finals. And that was off a replay.

[SNY Knicks @sny_knicks]

This was not called as goaltending against the Spurs

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

This series is fixed

[Dan Graziano @DanGrazianoESPN]

Following up an uncalled obvious defensive goaltend with an uncalled obvious goaltend on back-to-back possessions is the kind of ridiculous break you sort of can't afford to squander.

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

You’re absolutely fucking out of your mind if you think the officiating hasn’t taken over for San Antonio

[DJ Zullo @DJAceNBA]

One way to beat ball pressure is Pistol 5 "Get" action. Castle's bump and run coverage makes that impossible. Two hands impeding his movement with the trail official watching it all unfold. Brunson reacts with a forearm. Castle flops and gets the call.

[B.W. Carlin @BaileyCarlin]

I think it is fair to say that the Knicks did not play their best basketball but they have now had two-straight games in which the refs clearly enabled the Spurs to play insane physical with no repercussions and the Knicks just having to deal with it

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

Yeah I’ve caught myself thinking twice during this series the Knicks need more of a MFer coach to not allow some of what’s happened. The press conf open is calculated and purposeful (and smart).

[ShwinnyPooh, Diawara playing time advocate @shwinnypooh]

MB spent most of the season complaining so little about officiating in-game and publicly that it became a criticism of him from myself and plenty of other fans

What he said yesterday was barely any different from what 500 other coaches have said in other instances

Bizarre take.

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

Silly. This is part of the war. Gotta work the officials with how this series has gone. Especially the reviews.

[Ian O'Connor @Ian_OConnor]

Mike Brown has been on a dream run as head coach of the Knicks. But when his historic 13-game winning streak was snapped last night in the NBA Finals, he blamed the refs when he should have blamed his team.
https://t.co/GpypypS1Ap

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

We all thought after Game 2, which was far more egregious than tonight, that there would be a more consistent whistle tonight. But they’re still letting SA get away with a ton of contact and then calling the Knicks for contact around the ball

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

Please stop turning the ball over @nyknicks

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

@FitzGSN_ They had a lot of shooting for about an hour there lol 😬

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

It’s like being at a Rangers playoff game except if they scored 30 times every period. I am exhausted

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

Big guns 💍

[Kris Pursiainen @krispursiainen]

Derek Jeter and Eli Manning both expected here tonight at Knicks/Spurs Game 3.

[𝓞𝔃𝔃𝔂 @RlPOzzy]

Knicks 0-0 mindset has infected me bc we at MSG up 2-0 and im just as anxious as I was before game 1

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

🤔

[The Ringer @ringer]

An 0-2 deficit says one thing. The games themselves say another. @MichaelVPina on the chances of a Spurs comeback:

https://t.co/yqlDu4fNUj

[Tim Bickford @TimBickford11]

@FitzGSN_ I found a way to go tonight. If everyone else is 1/10 as ready for this as I am the place is going to topple over the second Mitch Johnson calls his first timeout.