The Knicks needed a blunder by the officials to sneak past the lowly Pistons on Monday night, raising more questions as to if the team can continue to tread water while dealing with several key injuries.
Boomer and Gio agree that New York has to find a way to do that until the likes of OG Anunoby, Julius Randle, and Mitchell Robinson return, so the team isn't suddenly sliding in the standings by the time their walking wounded are cleared to play.
"That would have just been awful because this group has just got to hang on now, and hopefully they can .500 over the next three to four weeks," Boomer said.
"You'd almost sign for that right now, because everything is so jumbled up, you don't expect everybody to be winning around them," Gio added.
"But they're better than that. They're better than a .500 team even without Anunoby and Julius Randle.
"It was a little bit scary last night that they had to get bailed out by the officials."
As for that controversial no call, Gio says it is nothing more than referees making mistakes at a crucial time, something that doesn't happen often, but always seems to even out, as the Knicks were burned by an incorrect foul call against the Rockets just weeks ago.
"I don't feel like the officials are giving preferential treatment to the Knicks or the Lakers or whomever sometimes star players get more preferential treatment," Gio said. "We know that in basketball, but for the most part, in the course of an 82 game season, you're gonna get f'd, the same amount of times that the team you're playing is going to get f'd."
