BOSTON — When Julius Randle was introduced before Saturday night’s game, he was booed loudly, understandable given that the venue was TD Garden rather than Madison Square Garden.
But once the game began, there were few taunts or boos for Randle or the rest of his teammates, which tells you plenty about how the Knicks played.
Shorthanded without Celtics-killer Evan Fournier, the Knicks got off to a better start than the one that drew the ire of the hometown fans two nights earlier. But a brutal second-half performance left Randle and the Knicks as an afterthought as the Boston fans cheered the Celtics’ runaway victory.