Mike Brown seemingly pocketing it<\/a> proved to be the unfortunate outcome from what would be called a \u201cdata issue\u201d with NBC incorrectly adding a timeout the Knicks did not actually have before the rushed final play.<\/p>\n\u201cWe just want to say that the scoreboard showed a timeout that the Knicks did not have on the final play, but due to a data issue, the wrong timeout information was communicated, so that\u2019s why you see a timeout on the score bug,\u201d NBC\u2019s Maria Taylor said during halftime of the Timberwolves\u2019 119-114 Game 2 road win over the Nuggets while the studio show recapped hectic final 5.6 seconds of the Knicks\u2019 loss.<\/p>\n
Whether the Knicks had a timeout for the final play Tuesday had a great effect on how they handled that last shot and NBC\u2019s untimely error altered how viewers analyzed the chaos in real time.<\/p>\n
Before CJ McCollum took the first of his two free throw shots with 5.6 seconds remaining and the Hawks leading, 107-106, the score bug showed the Knicks with no timeouts.<\/p>\n
That meant the Knicks would have to attempt to score from either underneath their own basket or in transition off a miss.<\/p>\n
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The Knicks did not have a timeout right after McCollum missed his first free throw. @WorldWideWob\/X<\/p>\n
After McCollum missed the first free throw attempt, the Knicks suddenly had a timeout added to their tally.<\/p>\n
Having a timeout would allow them to advance the ball and set up designed final shot out of an inbounds pass rather than a rushed play.<\/p>\n
Eagle then noted how the presence of said timeout would affect the Knicks\u2019 strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York will take its timeout almost guaranteed here,\u201d Eagle said.<\/p>\n
McCollum missed the second and Josh Hart grabbed the rebound, yet, to the surprise of those following the score bug, he pushed ahead and passed to Bridges, who settled for a long jumper.<\/p>\n
A contested long two-pointer is not an ideal shot, especially if one is under the impression that the Knicks had a timeout to burn.<\/p>\n
Anthony, the Knicks legend, said that his initial frustration with the outcome in part stemmed from believing Brown had let them go.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I was touching and screaming because I was under the impression that there was a timeout, so thank you for correcting that,\u201d Anthony said to Taylor.<\/p>\n
Brown did not provide a concrete answer when asked if he would used a timeout had the Knicks possessed one.<\/p>\n
\u201cI usually like to go, so they can\u2019t put in their best defenders and all that other stuff,\u201d Brown said. \u201cFive to seven seconds is close. It would have been by gut feel. There is a chance I could have taken a timeout \u2026 and then there\u2019s a chance I wouldn\u2019t have. I thought it was a good shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
NBC\u2019s data error doesn\u2019t completely absolve Brown, though.<\/p>\n
He did not use the timeout the team needed to burn before the three-minute mark before losing it due to the NBA\u2019s two-timeout maximum rule in the final 180 seconds, and then oddly used a timeout with 2:43 remaining when it seemed Jalen Brunson had a chance to score with the Knicks leading, 100-99.<\/p>\n
Brown used his final timeout with 10.2 seconds remaining and the Knicks trailing, 107-103.<\/p>\n
\u201cA couple of possessions weren\u2019t fluid,\u201d Brown said of the timeout with 2:43 remaining. \u201cSo I wanted to make sure that we had something we wanted to get to, or to set something up offensively, because we had whiffed on the last couple possessions. It just didn\u2019t look right, it didn\u2019t feel right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the NBC broadcast, Noah Eagle mentioned the timeout and how it would shape the final 5.6 seconds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1262,21,56784,80162,16447,9,11,1104,10,319,2085,6475],"class_list":{"0":"post-204662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs","11":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","12":"tag-nbc-sports","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-knicks","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sports-entertainment","19":"tag-sports-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Knicks had a timeout, according to the NBC broadcast. @NBA_NewYork\/X<\/p>\n