The Knicks won a basketball game on Monday.
The Knicks, also, might have not been in such a position to do so had the officials called the game properly instead of whiffing on two pivotal moments late in the fourth quarter.
Referee Zach Zarba told the pool reporter that the kicked ball violation call with 52 seconds left wasn't correct and hit Aaron Nesmith's hand instead. But the call wasn't reviewable. pic.twitter.com/9rlYvF0VXc
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With less than a minute left in regulation and the game tied at 115, Knicks’ Jalen Brunson advanced the ball past midcourt and tried to find teammate Donte DiVincenzo with a bounce pass to his right.