Facing the same opponent twice in a row, the Knicks took their talents to South Beach on Tuesday night for a rematch with the Heat.
Without a little home cooking on the end of the officials, they might have gotten the redeeming win they were looking for.
I’m not normally one to ever blame a loss on officials, but the zebras absolutely had it out for the Knicks in this game. But that was late in the game. Let’s start at the beginning.
The Knicks opened this game... let’s just say, sluggish. at one point in the first quarter they found themselves down 11 — 20-9 — mostly due to Kelly Olynyk being annoyingly hot from the field and Jimmy Butler starting the trend that would go on the rest of the night: getting a butt ton of free throws.