{"id":207887,"date":"2021-03-22T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T05:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-julius-randle-needs-to-stop-his-whining\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T08:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T05:51:28","slug":"knicks-julius-randle-needs-to-stop-his-whining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-julius-randle-needs-to-stop-his-whining\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks\u2019 Julius Randle needs to stop his whining"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Knicks\u2019 Julius Randle needs to stop his whining<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Knicks have won a lot more this season than anyone could have imagined and done so gracefully.<\/p>\n

And in the past six days, the Knicks have lost three game<\/a>s on the final possession to the best two teams of the Eastern Conference \u2014 once to the Nets and to the Sixers twice.<\/p>\n

And the Knicks have done so not as gracefully.<\/p>\n

Knicks All-Star Julius Randle can start writing out his donation check to the NBA after his 25-second, profane postgame Zoom call. A fuming Randle blamed the two-person officiating crew for costing them the loss \u2014 a 101-100 overtime heartbreaker at the Garden.<\/p>\n

It was less than a week ago when a raging Randle tried to go after referee Scott Foster at Barclays Center, but was held back by his teammates.<\/p>\n

A last-second play in which Randle was called for an up-and-down travel<\/a> threw him into a tizzy. He did not get fined by the league, but this time it\u2019s a slam dunk.<\/p>\n

Sunday night ended with Sixers\u2019 Tobias Harris sinking two free throws with 5.3 seconds left to give Philly a 1-point lead after a Randle loose-ball foul.<\/p>\n

It ended with Randle \u2014 and Tom Thibodeau \u2014 screaming at the shorthanded officiating crew for calling the infraction. Randle\u2019s been a rock and an ironman, but he may need to tone some things down. He already has seven technicals. <\/p>\n

Because of COVID-19 safety protocols, the officiating crew was down one referee, forced to work with two instead of three. The Knicks app<\/a>arently tried to challenge the Randle call but never got the message across in the allotted time, according to the referees.<\/p>\n

On the play in dispute, Randle was flagged for a forearm into Harris\u2019 back as the Long Islander got set for the rebound. With Harris dislodged, Knicks center Nerlens Noel snatched the carom.<\/p>\n

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Julius Randle wasn\u2019t happy with a late foul call in the Knicks\u2019 overtime loss to the 76ers on Sunday.<\/figcaption>
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It was waved off by the whistle and Harris had his free throws. And the Long Islander, who beat the Knicks five days ago with 30 points, made both in the clutch.<\/p>\n

Randle answered one question postgame before storming off, claiming this rough-and-tumble defensive battle shouldn\u2019t have been decided by such a meager act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWrong call by the officials,\u2019\u2019 Randle said. \u201cNot enough contact for them to call the play. I don\u2019t know who it was \u2014 Nerlens [Noel] \u2014 but clearly he had possession. After all the fouling and everything that was going on, for them to call that and decide the game is f\u2014\u2013g ridiculous. They have to do a better job. It\u2019s too many games like this.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Randle then walked off the Zoom call before he could be asked about the next play.<\/p>\n

After Harris\u2019 free throws, the Knicks star sped downcourt, got a decent look before his potential game-winner rimmed out at the buzzer. Randle finished the night shooting 7 of 21 \u2014 one of his worst shooting lines of his masterful season.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau was raging, too, on the sidelines and even came onto the court at one juncture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said we didn\u2019t challenge,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said.<\/p>\n

He also raised the idea Randle\u2019s foul was not becoming of late-overtime battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually at the end of the game, there\u2019s going to be \u2014 as they would say \u2014 marginal contact, incidental contact, every other kind of contact,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said. \u201cAll I know is that we were getting hit a lot and there wasn\u2019t marginal contact on that, so \u2026\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

So what. If the Knicks\u2019 argument is that you don\u2019t call a foul in that situation, it\u2019s not going to be overturned on video review. It\u2019s a bloodless process.<\/p>\n

From the mouths of babes came the remarks from 20-year-old RJ Barrett, who wasn\u2019t going to go there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to win,\u2019\u2019 Barrett said. \u201cReferees or no referees, we got to win the game.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

This was a terrific defensive dogfight as the Knicks warred on again without point guards Derrick Rose and Elfrid Payton.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau used swingman Alec Burks down the stretch to run the point. A Burks-led offense forced the Sixers into overtime and nearly squeaked this out with the swingman scoring 20 points.<\/p>\n

The Knicks could feel angry, but on this day, it seemed off.<\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t Eastern foe Charlotte, which reportedly has lost its superstar rookie LaMelo Ball for the season with a fractured hand. And they aren\u2019t the Lakers, who will be playing without LeBron James indefinitely after his high ankle sprain.<\/p>\n

And they aren\u2019t the Rockets, whose rookie coach Stephen Silas buried his face and could barely utter a sound Sunday when asked if the team\u2019s 20-game losing streak was getting to his club.<\/p>\n

At 21-22, the Knicks might have wanted to look at the bright side. They are starting to get healthy and Burks can soon go back to his regular position.<\/p>\n

Rose could be back Tuesday versus Washington and an offense that mustered 85 points during regulation will be revived.<\/p>\n

Center Mitchell Robinson made his return from a 15-game absence and was extremely rusty \u2014 blowing three usually automatic put-backs. Rookie Immanuel Quickley, after a one-game absence with an ankle sprain, started again and was not ready (4 of 12). The Knicks are best when Quickley is coming off the bench as a sixth man and aligned with Rose. It will happen soon.<\/p>\n

Barrett admitted the locker room was an angry one.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to win,\u2019\u2019 Barrett said. \u201cWhen we lose, especially a game like this, a game we should\u2019ve won, it\u2019s a tough way to lose.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a tough way to overreact \u2014 Randle in particular.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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