NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Julius Randle hit contested mid-range shots, at times while fading away from the basket, as the fourth quarter wound down.
When Zion Williamson tried to answer, he ran into a wall of defenders in front of the rim, and his Pelicans teammates couldn’t shoot well enough from outside to make the Knicks pay for packing the paint.
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Randle scored 32 points against his former team and the Knicks clamped down defensively on Williamson for a 116-106 victory over New Orleans on Wednesday night.