The Knicks take advantage of a disastrous start of the opponents (zero baskets in the first 5 minutes of the game) to start the match with a 16-1 run, without looking back. For New York an evening of 17/36 from long distance with 29 points from Julius Randle, followed by 22 from Reggie Bullock to return to victory after three knockouts in a row.
It was since 1996 that the Knicks had not won with such a large gap, also thanks to the bad night in Detroit. In addition to Jerami Grant’s 16 points and Hamidou Diallo’s 14, if nothing else, the good news is the return to the field of rookie Killian Hayes after 41 games of absence due to a hip injury: the Frenchman, however, closed without points putting just 5 rebounds and 3 assists on his scoreboard. “It’s my fault, we have to decide which team we want to be,” said coach Casey.