Don’t fault Julius Randle for any of the Knicks’ current rebounding points. He has been a monster on the glass of late.
This month, he’s averaging 14.5 rebounds per sport, and he’s at 13.2 courting again to Dec. 7, a span of 25 contests.
His season common of 10.9 is a career-high, and is the ninth-highest within the NBA this 12 months.
“His rebounding has gone via the roof,” coach Tom Thibodeau stated. “We want him clearly to proceed to try this. The final 20 video games or so [have been] actually, actually sturdy.”
Randle introduced down 13 boards Tuesday within the win over the Cavaliers. During the last 25 video games, he has registered double-digit rebounds 21 occasions, and has had at the very least 15 on 10 events.
Jalen Brunson is happy for the Knicks’ early February street journey, however not as a result of there are sights he needs to see in Orlando and Philadelphia. Throughout that journey, he could have his No. 1 jersey retired by Villanova at halftime of its Feb. 8 sport towards DePaul.
“It’s a extremely huge honor,” stated Brunson, who received two nationwide championships at Villanova. “I didn’t go to Villanova pondering I might have my jersey retired. I simply went there to be part of one thing particular and attempt to assist one other staff win. The truth that I get this chance, it’s actually particular.
“It means quite a bit to my household, it means quite a bit to the teammates I had. With out them, this wouldn’t be doable. It’s a credit score to all of the teammates I had.”
There may be an out of doors shot that LeBron James will surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar because the all-time main scorer in NBA historical past when the Lakers go to the Backyard this coming Tuesday, however it might take an unbelievable scoring binge for him to get there.
He would want to common 44.5 factors over the subsequent 4 video games to set the document at MSG. He’s presently 178 factors shy of Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387. James is averaging 35 factors per sport this month and is coming off a 46-point effort in a loss to the Clippers on Tuesday night time.
The Knicks caught a break Tuesday night time, in response to the NBA. Within the league’s Final Two Minute Report, a foul ought to’ve been referred to as on Isaiah Hartenstein on Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell’s drive to the rim within the remaining seconds. The Knicks received by two. The NBA additionally dominated that the officers missed a foul on RJ Barrett towards Mitchell with below a minute left.
The Celtics can be with out guard Marcus Sensible (ankle) on Thursday. Evan Fournier (private) will stay out for the Knicks.