The Refs Are Not Trying to Screw You

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Here’s a question: Does knowing a bad call went against your team — knowing, for sure, that you got screwed — make you feel better? Does that information enhance your life? Does it bring you any sort of peace?

On Sunday afternoon, the New York Knicks won game four of their endlessly entertaining, ’90s-sharp-elbows throwback series over the Detroit Pistons, 94–93. They won because Jalen Brunson recovered from an injured ankle to have a brilliant fourth quarter...