Thibs showed uncommon Randle restraint
Thibs kept Randle on the bench to start the fourth and left him there for the next eight minutes, while Jalen Brunson, Immanuel Quickley, and RJ Barrett revived the team from the dead. The coach finally subbed in Julius with four minutes remaining, and my hunch is that he would have let the big power forward wither on the vine if another rebounder and fresh legs weren't needed down the stretch. To his credit, Julius understood his role: he stuck to chasing down rebounds and avoided throwing things at the rim. The Knicks were better for it. Randle would finish the game with a Plus/Minus of -8.
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