NBC admits to glaring error in final seconds of Knicks-Hawks Game 2

New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown may have some choice words ready for whoever’s in charge of NBC’s scorebug.

Brown was universally panned for not calling a timeout in the final seconds of Game 2 of the Knicks’ first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks. The Knicks lost the contest 107-106 after Mikal Bridges missed a potential game-winning shot at Madison Square Garden.

New York went the length of the floor to get Bridges the shot following a missed free throw from Atlanta (video here). NBC clarified that the broadcast scorebug had erroneously indicated the Knicks had a timeout during the final play of the game.

“We just want to say that the scoreboard showed a timeout that the Knicks did not have on the final play,” Maria Taylor said to open the halftime show of the Minnesota Timberwolves-Denver Nuggets Game 2.

“Due to a data issue, the wrong timeout information was communicated. So, that’s why you see a timeout on the scorebug.”