Knicks coach Mike Brown was not proud of the refs.
He spoke out towards the free-throw discrepancy throughout the Knicks’ 115-107 loss to the Cavs Wednesday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard. The Knicks took simply 11 in comparison with the Cavs’ 25. They’d just one free throw halfway by way of the third quarter.
And Jalen Brunson didn’t take a single free throw.
“Jalen performs 34 minutes or virtually 35 minutes and he has zero free-throw makes an attempt,” Brown stated. “That’s fairly alarming. I’m undecided how or why it’s that method. I do know at one time, the free throw benefit was 18-3. That’s not why we misplaced the sport, however you simply hope to get a bit of bit higher whistle while you’re enjoying workforce like that, as a result of it’s already exhausting sufficient to go win a recreation. That was a part of the rationale why we misplaced the possession recreation. … James Harden had an ideal recreation as nicely. James shot as many free throws as our entire workforce.”
It was the primary time Brunson didn’t take a single free throw since Feb. 11 final yr.
“I simply gotta management what I can management,” Brunson stated, “and maintain it at that.”
Miles McBride was additionally peeved about one noncall throughout a key second. With the Knicks trailing by 5 with 33.7 seconds left, he had a shot blocked by Peyton Watson.
“I assumed it was a goaltend,” McBride stated. “The blokes behind the bench stated that as nicely.”
Karl-Anthony Cities completed with 21 factors and 11 rebounds — his eleventh straight double-double to start out the yr.
It matched Willis Reed’s franchise document for the longest double-double streak to start out a season, set in 1970-71.
Draft bust Rob Dillingham is predicted to affix the Knicks’ G League workforce, relying on the waiver course of, in response to The Stein Line.
Dillingham was the No. 8 decide within the 2024 draft by the Timberwolves however was waived within the offseason.
