The same Garden fans who booed Julius Randle last year were trying to pick him up this time, trying to lift him back into the fight.
“We’ve got to make up for him collectively,” Tom Thibodeau said.Randle has been an ironman for the Knicks for three seasons, starting 77 out of 77 games this year. To see him go down like that was to feel the fragility of a promising run reveal itself in real time.
A lot of other people in the building were that concerned, and what a shame it was. This should’ve been a night to celebrate what effectively was the clinching of a playoff spot. This should’ve been a night to celebrate the fact that the Knicks had put a chokehold on fifth place in the Eastern Conference, a seed that would likely keep them clear of Philly in the first round and set them up for an ultra-winnable series with Cleveland and a familiar friend.
The Knicks can’t survive for long in the playoffs with their two best players going at limited speed. As one of the best free-agent signings in the recent history of New York sports, Brunson has been a godsend for a franchise that has been searching forever for an elite point guard. Randle has been the kind of dominant force he was two seasons ago, in large part because of Brunson.
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