The Knicks coach, Tom Thibodeau Tok, a problem with the dazzling discrepancy of free throws night after the East Pistons East the first-round playoff series with a 100-94 victory.
Thibodeau was asked about the effort of 37 points of Jalen Brunson when he changed his march and sounded in the way the game was called.
“Obviously, a great discrepancy in free throws. Huge. I have to take a look at that, okay?” Thibodeau said. “Then … I don’t stop on one side that you are talking about, the boys get dirty and it is not called the bee, right? And look, I really don’t care what they call the game whenever it is consisting of both sides. Soo [Cade] Cunningham driving and there is marginal contact and is reaching the line. Then pull [Brunson] It deserves to reach the line, it is really so simple. “
The first of several rounds of “refs you Suck” channels began when Cunningham went up to the free throw line in the 5:06 brand in the second quarter.
The angry and the expressions of disgust only continued as the game progressed.
The Pistons were 13 or 14 from the line in the first half, while the Knicks waited until the end of the second quarter to make their first trip to the Charity Strip.
Cunningham’s six free attempts were three times more than the total team of the Knicks in the first half.
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Fans let out more frustration when Brunson was whistled by a clear foul in the third quarter.
Although Cunningham connected with Ausar Thompson for a tray of alley of Alley, the basket was exhausted and Thompson went to the free throw line for two attempts.
Thompson lost both, but the Pistons recovered the ball and Cunningham fulfilled the additional possession with a basket that globuled Detroit’s advantage to 11.
At the end of the night, the Pistons took 15 more attempts of free throws than the Knicks and scored 28 points from the Charity Strip to 16 in New York.
The Knicks Tok 11 of their 19 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter.
Thibodeau did not believe that the way in which the game was officiated impacted his team’s game.
“That is part of our league,” he said. “You make your point, keep going. Try to make the dead ball last.”