LOS ANGELES (AP) – Julius Randle scored 33 points on a rebounding performance, RJ Barrett went 20-for-30 in the second half, and the New York Knicks snapped their three-game losing streak with a 112-108 victory over the Los Angeles Knicks. Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
Immanuel Quickley scored 15 points and the Knicks survived a ferocious Lakers comeback to salvage a weekend game in Los Angeles without their second-highest scorer, Jalen Brunson, who has a bruised left foot.
Los Angeles scored eight straight points down the stretch to pull back, cutting New York’s lead to 110-108 on Dennis Schröder’s layup with 19.3 seconds to go. After Los Angeles needed 14 seconds to commit a foul that stopped the clock, former Lakers guard Josh Hart made two free throws to finish it off.
New York hadn’t won since its impressive nine-game winning streak ended a week ago, but Randle added eight rebounds and five assists one day after battling through a 5-of-24 shooting effort in a loss to the Clippers.
D’Angelo Russell had a season-high 33 points and eight assists despite managing just two points in the fourth quarter for the Lakers, whose three-game winning streak ended with just their fourth loss in 12 games since the closing date. trade.
Randle and Russell spent two seasons together as teammates on the Lakers. Russell got off to a flying start in his highest scoring performance since he rejoined LA, but went 1 for 5 and missed three 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter.
