During this evening marked by the tribute paid to Joakim Noah, Chicago nevertheless had the ball in the last seconds to be able to line up a fifth victory in a row (in five games) and remain the only undefeated team in its conference. Unfortunately for the men of Illinois, DeMar DeRozan, however precious in this match (20 points), completely missed his shot, ruining all the efforts of his team at the same time, who had just passed a 12-0 to the Knicks marked in particular by the claw of Zach Lavine (25 points), Nikola Vucevic (22 points) and who only this last basket missed for the win. New York came close to losing this long-held game. Evan Fournier, not in a big night (10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 pass to 4 of 14 on shots) and the Knicks were scared. This did not prevent them, however, from confirming their card on Tuesday against Philadelphia and at the same time spoiling the “Joakim Noah Night”, worn again by their strong men of the moment: Kemba Walker (21 points), RJ Barrett (20 points) and the inevitable Julius Randle, passed very close to a triple-double (13 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists).
