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Thibodeau doesn’t believe Brunson is getting the same calls as Cade

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Thibodeau doesn’t believe Brunson is getting the same calls as Cade
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Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was not happy about the “huge discrepancy in free throws” in the wake of New York’s 100-94 loss in Game Two of their series with Detroit.

Thibodeau specifically highlighted what he thought was unfair treatment of his star player Jalen Brunson when compared to Cade Cunningham.

“I don’t understand how on one side you talk about direct line drives. The guy is getting fouled and it’s not being called,” Thibodeau told reporters postgame, including Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press. “And look, I don’t really give a crap how they call the game, as long as it’s consistent on both sides.

“So, if Cunningham is driving and there is marginal contact and he is getting to the line, then Jalen deserves to be getting to the line. It’s really that simple.”

Ironically, Cade and Brunson had pretty much the same attempts from the line with the young Detroit star going 10/12 with Brunson going 9/11.

Meanwhile, Detroit had 15 more attempts from the stripe yet was called for two more personal fouls.

Unlike his coach, Brunson was unwilling to bitch about the officiating…

“Regardless if fouls are being called or not called, we’ve got to adjust and I feel like we did that a little too late into the game,” Brunson said. “And so regardless of how it’s reffed, we’ve got to adjust and we’ve got to adapt to that and go on from there.”

With the win last night, the series now shifts to Detroit for Game Three on Thursday night, all tied at one apiece.

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