BOSTON — Carmelo Anthony couldn’t hide his exasperation withJared Jeffries once again.
After Anthony executed the final play in getting the ball inside, Melo appeared frustrated when Jeffries, instead of going up for the layup, tried bouncing a pass in the lane for Bill Walker, who was 0-for-10 at the time.
The pass was blocked by Kevin Garnett, who pounced on it with 4.1 seconds left and called time.
As Jeffries walked toward the Knicks’ bench, Anthony could be seen gesturing at him.
Afterward, Anthony made it clear what he wanted Jeffries to do.
“I thought Jared was going to lay it up, he thought he had a pass underneath,” he said. “That’s here nor there.”
Jeffries agreed.
“Looking at the tape,” he said, ” I should have shot the ball.”
After a last-second loss in Indiana in March, Anthony looked to be chewing out Jeffries after Jeffries did not inbound the ball to him 40 feet from the basket with .4 seconds left, instead throwing an errant lob.