Saturday evening, or rather Saturday afternoon in the United States, Julius Randle had signed against the Clippers his worst performance of the season in terms of address: 19 points (and 8 rebounds), but only 5/24 in shooting, including 3/10 from 3-pointers… In the wake of this news failed meeting, where he seemed extremely nervous, he obviously could not hide his frustration, especially as his team lost for the third time in a row.
Fortunately, as the matches follow one another very quickly in the NBA, the interior of the Knicks was able to resume the next day. Still in Los Angeles, but this time against the Lakers. In other words, the franchise where he began his career and where he evolved for four years (2014-18).
No doubt more motivated than usual, when he also found Anthony Davis, his former teammate at the Pelicans, Julius Randle did not fail to shine against the “Purple & Gold”: 33 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists (in 36 minutes), 11/24 in shooting, including 3/12 in 3-pointers, and 8/11 in throws.
” We did what it took to win and the tone was set from the start, with Julius », reacted afterwards Tom Thibodeau, the coach of new York, overall delighted with the performance of his players. ” It gave us confidence, like, ‘We’re in the game. »
The spearhead of the Knicks
The New York coach was right when he pointed out that it was Julius Randle who put the Knicks on the right track in this game. Author of 18 points in the first quarter alone, he actually took the game by the right end, playing very aggressively to score near the circle, halfway or on the free throw line.
” After shooting like I did on Saturday, I wanted to be a little more attacking and aggressive towards the basket », delivered the person concerned, at a press conference. ” It happens to know such matches, but I know that I work and the involvement that I put, so I’m not going to question everything just for a bad match. I’m just going to come back to the next one and be better. »
Without Jalen Brunson, the contribution of Julius Randle (as well as that of RJ Barrett) was decisive in allowing New York to stop its series of three defeats in a row and clinch its 40th victory of the season. A nice response sent from the inside, which also remained on three poor quality outings: 19.3 points on average, 29% in shooting (including 23% at 3-pointers) and 65% in throws.
“ It is possible to miss shots, everyone misses and can have a day without it, it’s part of the game, we are all human “Recalled Tom Thibodeau, about the bad pass of his All-Star. ” On the other hand, if you have a bad day, you have to bounce back the next day and have a good day. I found that to be the case for him and he was awesome. »
Julius Randle | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
2014-15 | ALL | 1 | 14 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
2015-16 | ALL | 81 | 28 | 42.9 | 27.8 | 71.5 | 2.1 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.4 |
2016-17 | ALL | 74 | 29 | 48.8 | 27.0 | 72.3 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.2 |
2017-18 | ALL | 82 | 27 | 55.8 | 22.2 | 71.8 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 16.1 |
2018-19 | NOP | 73 | 31 | 52.4 | 34.4 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 21.4 |
2019-20 | NYK | 64 | 33 | 46.0 | 27.7 | 73.3 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 19.5 |
2020-21 | NYK | 71 | 38 | 45.6 | 41.1 | 81.1 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 24.1 |
2021-22 | NYK | 72 | 35 | 41.1 | 30.8 | 75.6 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 20.1 |
2022-23 | NYK | 69 | 36 | 45.9 | 34.8 | 75.3 | 2.0 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 25.1 |
Total | 587 | 32 | 47.0 | 33.7 | 74.4 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 18.6 |