Obi Toppin filled in ably for Julius Randle during the last five games of the regular season, and he did so again Wednesday night for the Knicks.
CLEVELAND — Obi Toppin filled in ably for Julius Randle during the last five games of the regular season, and the former lottery pick did so again Wednesday night for the Knicks.
Toppin didn’t score in the first half, but he drilled a 3-pointer from the right corner for the Knicks’ first points of the third quarter. Obi Toppin, who scored 12 points, slams home a dunk during the Knicks’ 106-95 Game 5 series-clinching win over the Cavaliers.Toppin, who also played nearly all of the fourth quarter with Randle benched in the Knicks’ Game 4 victory Sunday at the Garden, averaged 21.8 points per game in the five games Randle missed at the end of the regular season.
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