Fifth win in a row for the Knicks who don’t want to stop proving they’re a playoff team, held on to the match after Julius Randle missed the step-back basket that would have earned them the win after 48 minutes and unleashed in a overtime from 11-3 in which Chicago finds itself without energy – just like happened against Atlanta 48 hours ago. For the Bulls it is the fifth knockout in the last seven, slipped out of the play-in area in the East.
Third game among the last four of Julius Randle with 30+ points: they are 31 with 8/19 shooting, 13 rebounds, seven assists and a 12/15 from the line which tells the aggressiveness with which the New York player aimed the iron. Maximum in the season for Jalen Brunson – the real keystone of the Knicks quintet this season: 30 points and seven assists, useful for arming the hand of RJ Barrett (22 points) and Quentin Grimes (14), who make four 3-pointers each in an 18/34 team match from long range (52.9%).