The first quarter was enough for Julius Randle and the New York Knicks to set the record straight, to make the Hawks understand that they would hardly have found a way to win despite the 23 points of an imprecise Trae Young (6/19 shooting) and 19 of a John Collins for sale. Nothing to do, despite the game remained in balance until the end, when Atlanta also had the triple of overtaking less than 4 minutes from the siren.
To close the accounts in the sprint was an extraordinary Julius Randle, who so strongly advances his candidacy for a place in the All-Star Game: the final siren are 44 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists with 14/22 from the field and especially 7/13 from long distance – complete with a triple that sentenced the Hawks to 100 seconds left. Randle’s is the first 40+ point game by a Knicks player in 183 games of extinction, breaking the NBA’s longest streak.