
Julius Randle, RJ Barrett flop in Knicks’ blowout Game 3 loss to Hawks
NY Post
ATLANTA — Tom Thibodeau can change the Knicks’ starting point guard, but he can’t change what his team has been built around this season: Julius Randle and RJ Barrett as a dynamic 1-2 punch.
In their playoff debuts, however, the pair have been duds, and now the Knicks are facing a dose of reality as they trail the Hawks 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. For the third straight game, Randle and Barrett underperformed and the Hawks rolled with an emphatic 105-94 victory Friday in Game 3 in front of an announced crowd of 15,743 at a rowdy and red State Farm ArenaMore Related News

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