Julius Randle has played in a dozen postseason games in his career, and never has converted at least half of his field-goal attempts in any of them.
Including a 7-for-34 showing in their Game 1 defeat, the Knicks are shooting 20.4 percent on 3s in their two losses and nearly double in their lone series victory in Game 2.
“We got good looks when we executed properly,” Randle said of Saturday’s game. “Getting the ball into the paint, they’re an over-help team and they’ll collapse. So when we do that, we’re confident about the looks we’re getting and we’re confident about our ability to knock those down.” The two-time All-Star power forward has refused to point to his balky ankle — which also cost him the final five games of the regular season — as an excuse for his poor shooting numbers.
Still, the Knicks need him and the rest of the team to be more efficient offensively — and bring more intensity at both ends of the court — beginning Monday night.“You take the emotions out of it. You learn from the game before. This is not one you can typically just flush away,” said Randle, whose career postseason shooting percentage is now .323. “You learn from the game before, what you can do better. Mentally prepare for, do what you gotta do to prepare for it.
“But this is something we’ve been doing our whole lives. So one game is not going to determine how we feel for the next game or what we think the future’s going to be. Every game is different and we have to treat it as such. And do our best to prepare for each game.”
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