Julius Randle had ankle pain, resisted Knicks’ attempts to rest him
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Julius Randle had ankle pain, resisted Knicks’ attempts to rest him

As he struggled through the opening week-plus of the season, Julius Randle had been battling through ankle pain and, as a player committed to availability, resisted attempts from the Knicks to get him to rest, multiple sources told The Post. Randle, who underwent arthroscopic ankle surgery in the offseason, was…

Knicks’ Julius Randle trying to keep up rhythm after ‘monster month’
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Knicks’ Julius Randle trying to keep up rhythm after ‘monster month’

Julius Randle enjoyed a “monster month” for the Knicks, in Tom Thibodeau’s estimation. The power forward averaged 28.3 points and 37.1 minutes in 15 December games, with the Knicks’ 9-6 record for the month featuring the highs of an eight-game winning streak and the lows of a five-game losing skid…

This is the fight the superstar-less Knicks need to show
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This is the fight the superstar-less Knicks need to show

PHILADELPHIA — Even though mediocre teams are never supposed to win on the road against superior opponents, the Knicks had absolutely no choice but to win Friday. They were not exactly facing the Julius Erving-Moses Malone 76ers.  In fact, they weren’t even facing the Joel Embiid-James Harden 76ers. With Philadelphia’s…