Thursday night was electric in Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks took on their long-time rivals, the Boston Celtics. After falling behind by as many as 25 points in the game, RJ Barrett, who followed up one of the best games of his career with a 3-14 shooting performance against the C’s, hit
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Charles Barkley was confused after seeing Julius Randle give a thumbs-down gesture to Knicks fans during Thursday’s win against the Celtics. “I never understand why players think you’re supposed get cheered when you’re playing bad,” Barkley said while discussing the Randle’s “thumbs down” he gave to fans in the fourth quarter of the 108-105 win
For this one wonderful, remarkable moment, time stood still at Madison Square Garden, inside the big gymnasium five floors up from Penn Station. RJ Barrett had lofted his prayer over Jason Tatum with 1.5 seconds left in a tie game, fallen to the ground, and there were 17,529 sets of eyes transfixed on a rotating
Julius Randle knows how to overshadow a great win. Randle went on a rampage in the third quarter Thursday to spur the Knicks’ comeback from 25 points down in a 108-105 win over the Celtics at the Garden, but he was caught on camera executing an unfortunate thumbs-down gesture at the fans — a move
Julius Randle was back from COVID-19 protocols and RJ Barrett was back to being an efficient force. That Batman and Robin tandem of a season ago exploded on the undermanned Pacers as they combined for 62 points in a 104-94 victory Tuesday at the Garden. It was the 30-30 club and felt like retro night
A year to the day earlier, New York had opened its heart to Julius Randle for the first time. Oh, he couldn’t hear any of it, of course: Madison Square Garden was still bereft of customers, and the atmosphere was downright depressing. Empty gyms are fine when you’re on the make on the AAU circuit.
The two games Julius Randle missed while stuck in the COVID-19 protocols spoke loudly about what he means to the Knicks. His vengeance upon returning may be speaking even louder. During a 30-point explosion to help carry the Knicks to a win over the Pacers on Tuesday, Randle was reminiscent of his breakout All-Star 2020-21