Marvin Martian wrote:___Rand___ wrote:Butch718 wrote:We blew this game. No excuses.
Hats off to Maxey. He did this thing tonight. Back to Philly.
Maxey shot IMPOSSIBLE shots to tie this game. In my eyes, it wasn't Knicks choking. It was Maxey taking the game by the throat and taking it.
If Thibs wasn't asleep, he would have fouled Maxey when he was red hot. Then he made another mistake by not calling TO after Maxey made the shot resulting in a predictable Brunson chuck.
It must seem like a different era in basketball back then when it was automatic that teams would foul near the end of regulation time to shut out the game.
What gives? Is there some sort of gentleman's rule where you have to give the opponent a chance? I've always questioned this.
This happened in the Pacers vs Bucks game too, although Pacers won it back in OT.