Led by a once again thunderous Julius Randle, the Knicks snatched their fortieth victory of the season against Charlotte and put pressure on the Heat before their match in Milwaukee. Charlotte for her part believed in it, but lost the opportunity to put a foot and a half on eighth place. In a match where New York led by 17 points, Charlotte finally showed the muscles at the end of the game and pushed her opponent in the evening in extra time, even going so far as to miss the match point at the end of the fourth quarter. . It will not take more for the Knicks to suffocate his opponent and definitively fold the match during the overtime.
The boxscore of this umpteenth Knicks victory is right here
The Knicks will have – once again – been very brave to go for their fortieth victory of the season against the Hornets. Charlotte was not unworthy, however, the Hornets cumulating 17 points behind in the middle of the second quarter but relying on their bench man to pick up the mark (Miles Bridges and Devonte Graham, respectively 31 and 25 points, both at 5 / 12 at the parking lot). But it was without counting on Julius Randle, leaving a triple double XXL with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, as well as on the whole of the collective of the Knicks, finally defeating the Hornets during the overtime.
Missed opportunity for Charlotte, who could have taken a good option on eighth place, but who ultimately does not benefit from Indiana’s setback against the Lakers. Victory is now mandatory tomorrow against the Wizards, because Charlotte could be overtaken by the Pacers, who we recall playing … Toronto, eliminated from any race and almost already on vacation. The Knicks for their part are only waiting for a defeat from the Hawks or the Heat to avoid the Bucks in the first round of the Playoffs but the schedule is likely to strongly disappoint Thibodeau’s men. Indeed, if the Knicks will play the disinterested Celtics tomorrow night, Miami will move tonight to Milwaukee and will follow up against Detroit tomorrow, while Atlanta will conclude its season against the Rockets, three games that feel victory for the Heat and the Hawks, both by the level of the opponent and by the logical calculation that would see the Bucks give the win to the Heat tonight just for the Deers to “afford” the Knicks in the first round.
If the final classification of places 1 to 6 seems to be almost final, that of play-ins is still undecided. Unless Miami defeats Milwaukee, who seems to be cheerful at the idea of facing New York, we hold our top 6. But the fight for the play-in tournament is in full swing and the dominoes will surely fall tomorrow. around 10 p.m.
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