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Knicks' Julius Randle: Jarrett Allen contact 'little unnecessary'

New York Knicks star Julius Randle took issue with contact he received from Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the teams' first-round series Tuesday night in Cleveland.

With the Knicks down by 23, Randle went in for a breakaway dunk and was hit by Allen, causing New York's All-Star forward to fall awkwardly out of bounds.

Randle was upset by the contact and exchanged words with several Cavs players and coach J.B. Bickerstaff.

"I thought it was a little unnecessary .