NBA Referees in Knicks VS Pacers Game 1 were Embarrassing 

It's called rigging the game, not "bad officiating." Come on, the ref is standing 8 feet away, he can see what is happening.

Calling a moving screen in crunch time is a travesty!!!! 90% of screens in the NBA are MOVING SCREENS anyway and they never call them.. it's insanely suspicious to call it in the most crucial possession of the game smh

The Game 7 Cavs vs Magic was also an embarressment for the league. Cavs got to the line 16x to Magics 2x or something crazy like that.

Game looked totally rigged, not a fan of either team btw.

Still if Halliburton plays decent they win 6 pts is unacceptable for them to win

The officiating made the game almost unwatchable, even though it was so good between two very good teams. The NBA need to do better.

I dont know how anyone can enjoy the NBA for the ending to be ruined like that. that was really infuriating

It's definitely RIGGED Brunson literally looing at the ref to call that non-kickball.

Not to mention the Oscar worth performance by divincenzo. I thought there was a no flopping rule?

If the NBA DOESN'T FIX THIS IT WON'T BE AN NATIONAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION.

The NBA should be ashamed of themselves pushing for one team to be in the playoffs

I know the NBA don't like teams that are considered small market to be successful.

When Shaq said what he said on live tv the fans shluldve boycott the League

Even saying that was technically the correct call is BS. The screener was completely still by the time the contact occurred. He did not lean in and his feet were close enough together. Even in high school that screen was legal

That ball didn't hit Nembhard's leg. Watch the other angles, dude. Nembhard got ALL player, no ball at all. You could probably call it a foul, but he can't knock a ball out of bounds if he didn't touch it.

This is why I don’t watch basketball anymore and trust me people are going to stop watching

I am from Indy, disappointed in the outcome. That being said, I don't have too much of a problem with the Myles Turner call as it was "technically" the right call. Even if he wasn't moving the player setting the screen is not supposed to have his foot stance wider than his shoulders, which Turner's were. I have a larger problem with them NOT making the same call on DiVincenzo a minute or so earlier, and my BIGGEST problem was the non-kicked "kicked ball' call, which for some inexplicable reason cannot be reviewed. That resulted in the Knicks hitting a 3 they shouldn't have even had a chance to take. That rule needs to be changed in the offseason.

Knicks vs pacers rivalry is reborn

Knicks/ Pacers....I wonder what the other 2 refs had to say after the game. "GOOD CALL", I doubt it. .......Probably more like " I want my cut"......one of the most BS calls EVER in the playoffs. I'm a Knicks fan for over 60 years and I'm embarrassed

Refs so embarrassing....

Totally rigged.

I bet none of us PACERS fans slept last night.😂

shame the refs took over the game in the final 20 seconds to decide the outcome.

These refs are so soft it's ruining the game for me

Ref got takeover lol 💀

Yeah those calls always hurts. But dont forget about the calls in Pacers favour like the flop from Nesmith 3:29 minutes to go or the kickball from Nemphard after the challenge

Bad NBA officiating.....what's new???

It was insane. Pacers were the better team.

Flat out they sent one ref to prison for making calls that decided games. It's called gambling. I would like to see how much they made off those calls. I think the line on that game was 5.5

Just send the refs home in the 4th..... Since everybody cries about the whistle everytime. Let the players decide the game and do what ever they want.

Rigged

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Shaq:to the reporter "You wonder why David Sturn fans don't wanna watch nba anymore because Refs want to control the outcome of games. 😂 Shaq is right it take the fun out the game especially these ridiculous challenges & timeout under 2 minutes. It takes away the flow of the game. I already knew PACERS was going to lose. All you hear about is NY THIS JALEN BRUSON THAT; EVERY ANALYST PICKING NY KNICKS GIVES A REASON FOR THEM NOT LET THE PACERS WIN. BUT THE PACERS HAVE TO TAKE IT ITS NOT GOING TO BE GIVING TO THEM. I BELIEVE MY PACERS CAN BEAT NY KNICKS.

Idk im a knicks fan

This shit wwe

I dont understand bc all but one of those shown was a foul....so that just proves the refs were correct

NY would have won by 10 if the officiating didn’t suck the whole time.

Stop it . The bone head Pacers made many mistakes and couldnt close out the game. Knicks made shots when it mattered.