In the NBA, just like in MLB, there aren’t many dominant closers walking the face of the earth. Unlike baseball, a basketball team can’t have too many closers. Last night the New York Knicks were reminded of that. A 112-110 last-second defeat to the Brooklyn Nets happened for lots of reasons, but the biggest difference was the Nets having two closers in Kevin Durant and James Harden and the Knicks not. Same thing against Chicago earlier this month: Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan are closers. How many closers do the Knicks have?
Julius Randle scored 24 points to go with nine rebounds, eight assists to just three turnovers and three steals.