Knicks fans were furious after the team's 107-106 loss Monday to the hawks, blaming head coach Mike Brown for not calling his last timeout with just over five seconds remaining. The broadcast announcer had prefaced the Knicks' final inbound pass by saying the team would likely call its last timeout.
Well, the network needed to issue a mea culpa in the following broadcast. Turns out NBC had the wrong count and the Knicks had zero timeouts remaining.
My take: That's kind of a major gaffe. There are so many timeouts in basketball that it's hard to keep track watching, so fans rely primarily on the broadcast score bug. It didn;t impact the game, but Brown sure took an unnecessary beating online.
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NBC clarifies gaffe
Knicks fans were furious after the team's 107-106 loss Monday to the hawks, blaming head coach Mike Brown for not calling his last timeout with just over five seconds remaining. The broadcast announcer had prefaced the Knicks' final inbound pass by saying the team would likely call its last timeout.
Well, the network needed to issue a mea culpa in the following broadcast. Turns out NBC had the wrong count and the Knicks had zero timeouts remaining.
My take: That's kind of a major gaffe. There are so many timeouts in basketball that it's hard to keep track watching, so fans rely primarily on the broadcast score bug. It didn;t impact the game, but Brown sure took an unnecessary beating online.
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