Hour 1: Instant Replay Is Ruining the NBA: Knicks-Thunder Was the Breaking Point

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Knicks drop a tight one to the Thunder, and yes, Knicks fans can complain about missed shots, cold stretches, and all the usual stuff. But the real story is bigger than one loss: NBA instant replay is wrecking the flow and fairness of games. From the “proximate foul” on Karl-Anthony Towns during an out-of-bounds review to the overturned OG And-1, this game showcased how replay can “get it right” while still feeling completely wrong. Add in the no-call charge on SGA with foul trouble and it becomes the ultimate contradiction: some plays get microscope scrutiny, while other huge moments have no mechanism at all. The result is a sport that feels inconsistent, slowed down, and way too subjective. Is the fix fewer reviews, different rules, or ditching replay entirely? Evan and Tiki open the phones and go in on what last night exposed about the NBA.

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0:00.0	Last night the Knicks did lose to the Oklahoma City Thunder. If you are a Nick fan and you want to bitch about it, and you want to complain about God knows what, whether it's the officiating or a cat not getting the basketball enough or whatever you want to complain about, I get it. That's a tough loss, even if it means nothing. That's how I want to phrase it. Because, yes, I'm a diehard fan. I'm not happy when I watch my team lose.
0:21.6	I'm frustrated when I get two open looks I'm a diehard fan. I'm not happy when I watch my team lose.
0:21.6	I'm frustrated when I get two open looks at three to tie the game and I come up short.
0:25.5	So for all the Nick fans out there, I don't want Tiki and I to minimize your feelings towards that loss or if it was a win. so the door is open 888808101.
0:35.2	But I have to tell you my biggest takeaway from last night,
0:38.1	and it's going to surprise you,
0:39.7	because it has nothing to surprise you,
0:39.4	because it has nothing to do with the Knicks winning an NBA championship or even them losing
0:43.0	last night to the Thunder.
0:44.9	I love instant replay because I love getting things right.
0:48.9	Yes.
0:49.1	And I love it in all of sports.
0:51.1	As I sat there last night watching, I'll say it, because I'm the IBO, I'm not going to be a
0:57.3	Nick Crybaby. As I watched the egregious officiating last night, along with the flaws in
1:03.8	instant replay, it really hit me that replay in basketball is a major problem. Because you not only
1:10.5	had two incredibly huge overturned calls because of replay late,
1:15.2	including a rarely called proximate foul on Carl Anthony Towns,
1:19.7	which I'm sure most people don't even know what that is.
1:22.4	I had no idea.
1:23.7	I didn't know what they were talking about.
1:25.3	Of course not.
1:26.1	And Carl Anthony Towns didn't know what he was talking about because he's over there like, huh? Like, what's scratching his head? Like, excuse me. Can you explain that to me, please? I will give you a brief explanation. And I watch a ton of basketball. Very rarely do you see this called? But basically, if you're going to challenge an out-of-bounds play, which the Thunder did,
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