LA Clippers @ New York Knicks
Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22300151
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 19 23 34 35 111LAC 21 25 30 21 97
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Randle, Barrett lead Knicks to 111-97 victory in Harden's Clippers debut
NEW YORK -- — Julius Randle scored 27 points, RJ Barrett had 26 in his return to the lineup and the New York Knicks spoiled James Harden’s debut with the Los Angeles Clippers with a 111-97 victory on Monday night.
Barrett had missed the previous two games with a sore left knee.
“The knee is still a little sore, but I’m just happy we got the win,” Barrett said. “You always want to be out there. It sucked that I couldn’t play, but I’m happy I wasn’t out too long.”
Harden played 31 minutes and had 17 points and six assists in his first game since being traded from the Philadelphia 76ers .
“Felt kind of weird out there, not really having a preseason game or an opportunity to participate in a full training camp, none of that,” Harden said. “I was out there just basically winging it, but I tried to go with my basketball instincts and what I’ve been doing for the last few years and whatnot, and just going out there and playing and thinking the game and trying to make the game easier for everybody else.”
Mitchell Robinson added 13 points and 14 rebounds as the Knicks snapped their two-game losing streak and recorded their first home victory of the season.
Donte DiVincenzo scored 12 points and Josh Hart had 10 for New York.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 18 points and Russell Westbrook scored 17.
The game was tied 76-76 after the third quarter, but a 7-0 run put the Knicks up for good.
New York’s lead grew to a game-high 17 points at 111-94 on Barrett’s 3-pointer with 2:07 left.
“It was terrific to have RJ back,” said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau. “He’s grown. He’s a gifted scorer. He’s making plays. He’s getting downhill. Just having another wing with his size is critical.”
Westbrook had nine points as the Clippers took a 21-19 lead after the first quarter.
The Knicks took their biggest lead of the first half at 36-32 on Randle’s 3-pointer with 4:45 left in the second quarter.
“I’m not worried about him scoring the ball. We know how gifted a scorer he is,” Thibodeau said of Randle.
The Clippers scored the next six points and went on to lead 46-42 at halftime.
Leonard’s emphatic dunk gave Los Angeles its biggest lead of the game to open the second half, but the Knicks used a 12-4 run to go ahead 54-52.
The Clippers reclaimed a four-point lead on another dunk by Leonard with 4:20 remaining in the third quarter, but the Knicks followed with an 8-0 streak. Los Angeles came back to tie the game, and when Harden’s 3-pointer was countered by Immanuel Quickley’s with just seconds remaining, the third quarter ended in a deadlock.
Norman Powell added 14 points and Paul George finished with 10 for the Clippers, who lost backup center Mason Plumlee to a knee injury when Randle crashed into his leg going for a loose ball.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKDD D. DiVincenzo
IH I. Hartenstein
IQ I. Quickley
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JR J. Randle
MR M. Robinson
QG Q. Grimes
RB R. Barrett
LACBH B. Hyland
IZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
KB K. Brown
KL K. Leonard
MD M. Diabaté
MP M. Plumlee
NP N. Powell
PG P. George
PT P. Tucker
RW R. Westbrook
NYK/LAC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur