The Knicks opened his hanging mandate with Indiana and Philadelphia for half before those teams retired in the last two quarters.
This time, against the Bucks, they used a 16-2 towards halftime to open a 61-43 lead, then got 12 points each from Randle and Payton in the third to take him 21 points ahead to the fourth. The Knicks opened the final bout with seven consecutive points for a 103-75 bulge.
“We put together good halves against Indiana and last night,” Randle said. “We just have to put together the second half, the full game and that’s what we did tonight.”