Julius Randle doesn’t look like a guy you want to mess with.
He was ready to take on the refs and all the Nets.
The Nets ran their lead up as high as 18 points in the second quarter, with the Knicks unable to stop Irving or Jeff Green, who scored 14 of his 20 points in the first quarter alone. The Knicks, though, stuck with it and chipped away at the lead, ultimately cutting it down to just a four-point game in the fourth quarter. They cut the deficit down as low as three with 7.7 seconds to go in the fourth quarter when the Knicks won a jump ball, which eventually led to a breakaway dunk for Julius Randle.
But it was Randle who was called for a travel on the very next possession: As he went up for a three that could have tied the game, Irving closed out and forced Randle to put the ball back on the ground. After the buzzer, Randle had to be restrained from approaching the referees who made the call and knocked chairs over on his way to the locker room.
Randle had to be held back and wasn’t a happy camper.
Knicks fans love the aggression.
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