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At the bare minimum, you could say that the Knicks didn’t get a great whistle in Game 2. This call below is one that they forced the refs to get right. A crucial challenge, initiated by NYK assistant Jordan Brink. “Jordan, he's been a master at this, Mike Brown said after Game 2. “And I've said it before, man. I've got great assistants, even guys sitting behind the bench, my young guys. I know I'm scared to death that one of these teams are going to poach them, poach my guys. “Surprised nobody has come at Chris Jent for a head job yet. The guy's won Summer League as a coach. He's a lead assistant here. I can go down the line talking about all my guys. “But Jordan is consistent. He's been doing this now two years in a row. I rely totally on him. Every once in a while I lose my mind, you know, get emotional, and try to stick it to the refs, even though I like all of them, but that never works. So I try like heck to follow Jordan's lead, and it was 100 percent his call.” Spurs were on 14-0 and had tied the game, 97-97, at the time of the call. Instead of Spurs getting the ball, OG Anunoby got three free throws and knocked them down.

Mitchell Robinson's (NYK) technical foul against Victor Wembanyama (SAS) at 4:56 of the 2nd quarter in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on 6/5/26 has been rescinded upon league review.