2. In the second quarter, the Knicks extended their lead to six points at 44-38. After Sacramento cut the lead to one, RJ Barrett, fresh off a career-high 28 points against Golden State, drilled a catch-and-shoot three to give him 11 points to that point in the game.
At the half, Randle (14 points), Barrett (11 points), and Mitchell Robinson (10 points) were all in double figures. The Knicks didn’t shoot the ball all that well, but they got 16 points from their bench, outscored the Kings in the paint by 10 points, and outrebounded them by six.
3. The Knicks maintained their lead for most of the third, but then it looked like some fatigue started to set in. Coming off of Friday’s game in San Francisco, the Knicks started to slow down in the third, as Sacramento outscored the Knicks 25-15 to start the quarter, putting the Kings up by five. At the end of the third, Sacramento maintained a 76-72 lead.
4. in the fourth quarter, the Kings began to pull away, as a Glenn Robinson III three put Sacramento up 84-74 with nine minutes to go. The Knicks made things interesting, as Randle helped lead a 13-3 run to bring the Knicks within two points with around four minutes to play. Ultimately, though, the Knicks just didn't have enough in the tank.
5. Randle finished with 26 points and 15 rebounds. If there is a silver lining, it’s that Barrett continued to look confident shooting the ball as he finished with 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting.
But outside of those two, the Knicks struggled to get consistent scoring. Reggie Bullock ended up going scoreless while Elfrid Payton struggled with foul trouble most of the night and scored just seven points.
Off the bench, Alec Burks struggled to find his shot, going 3-of-14 for nine points, while Immanuel Quickley added eight points.
Overall, the Knicks shot just 38.3 percent from the floor against a Sacramento team that came into the game with the worst defense in the NBA.
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