Julius Randle and rookie Immanuel Quickley each scored 22 points and the New York Knicks sent the Houston Rockets to a season-high fifth straight loss with a 121-99 victory Saturday night. Derrick Rose added 16 points for the Knicks, who had no problem in their first game after losing starting center Mitchell Robinson to a broken right hand Friday night in a victory at Washington. “Played the right way tonight and we’ve been doing that pretty much all season,” said Nerlens Noel, who started in place of Robinson.
Fisayo Dairo
Rivalries in global club football have often been confined within geographical co-locations. There’s also national rivalries such as Nigeria-Ghana, Argentina-Brazil etc.
These rivals tend to put every happening around them aside and throw everything to games that pit them together.
Players’ movements across these teams are also accompanied by resentment from fans of the departing club, fuelling the tension among both groups when and where their paths cross again.
For Enyimba FC of Aba, two-time African Champions League winners and Rivers United of Port Harcourt (formerly Dolphins), there has been a good dose of rivalry for the past two decades during which they consistently played in Nigeria’s top flight league.
Chico Carter Jr. had 22 points as Murray State rolled past Southeast Missouri 80-60 on Friday. KJ Williams had 17 points and seven rebounds for Murray State (10-9, 7-7 Ohio Valley Conference). Tevin Brown added 15 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Maleeck Harden-Hayes had 15 points and nine rebounds as North Dakota State got past Oral Roberts 61-54 on Friday night. Sam Griesel had 13 points and eight rebounds for North Dakota State (11-8, 9-2 Summit League), which earned its fifth consecutive home victory. Jarius Cook added 11 points.