Although there are more significant birthday gifts, Julius Randle nicely celebrated its 28th birthday last night, with a big victory for the Knicks in Detroit (140-110) and a personal best for this season: 36 points. All with skill at 14 of 24 on shots, including 6 of 13 from 3-pointers.
“It was fluid” summarizes the strong winger of the Knicks. “Every time we make saves, we are able to project ourselves in transition, score easy baskets and, offensively, we start to learn how to move without the ball. So that was fine. And then, a victory, it is sure that it is good. »
“He was super aggressive, with great pace, and he played really well off the ball”
Currently 10th in the East with 10 wins for 11 losses, the Knicks are still looking for the right formula in attack, and this success against the Pistons has made it possible to note an increase in the relationship between Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle. “He played well from the start, and when a player is hot I have to give him the ball” explains the leader. “He put the ball in the circle. I can’t say anything more. He just had the right feeling. »
For Tom Thibodeau, this performance is in line with his previous matches. “He’s been doing this for a while. He was super aggressive, with great pace, and he played really well off the ball. His teammates looked for him, and a lot of moves were good. Even very good. »
Detroit side, Dwane Casey had quickly understood that the evening would be complicated. “He’s an old-school power forward, and he scores a lot of points near the circle. And when he shoots like that, he’s hard (to contain). When he made his first two 3-point shots, I realized that the evening was going to be very long…”
As the icing on his birthday cake, Julius Randle offered himself a big “poster dunk” on Isaiah Stewart. The young pivot of the Pistons did not appreciate since he then pushed back his executioner. But the Knick did not flinch, and he avoided a technique. “I have two children to feed” he joked about how calm he was.
| Julius Randle | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 20 | 33 | 46.3 | 33.1 | 77.2 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 20.6 |
| Total | 538 | 31 | 47.2 | 33.2 | 74.4 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 17.9 | |
