Minnesota (38-29) is a half-game behind Golden State (38-28) for sixth-place in the Western Conference standings. Both of those teams are tied for the conference's longest win streak with six games, and the Timberwolves are 11-0 in the last 11 games that Julius Randle has played in. They acquired Randle from the Knicks in the Towns trade.

The Knicks didn’t exactly send a strong message to Draymond Green after his controversial comments about Karl-Anthony Towns. Much of the team — including Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson,