Overview
- Knicks broadcaster Walt “Clyde” Frazier opened Friday’s MSG telecast with a rhyme that listeners mistook as a reference to Iran before he said he meant the Bulls.
- New York blitzed Chicago 20-1 in the first six minutes and took a 78-41 lead into halftime.
- The Knicks closed out a 136-96 blowout at Madison Square Garden.
- Play-by-play partner Mike Breen reacted on air to the remark by asking, “That’s how you start a telecast?”
- Recent coverage highlighted Chicago’s spiral, citing games with 145 and 157 points allowed and a report that the team cut a recent pickup over controversial comments.