On January 24, 2022, the Los Angeles Clippers played away to the New York Knicks. Before this game, the Knicks suffered three consecutive defeats, the atmosphere in the team was somewhat bad, and a victory was urgently needed to boost the morale of the team. The Los Angeles Clippers, which lack Paul George and Leonard, are undoubtedly the Knicks' best target for ending a losing streak. In the end, the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 110-102.
In this game, there is a set of alignments that have also attracted the attention of many fans, that is, the confrontation between the two Lakers veterans, Randall and Zubac. Career-wise, Zubac is clearly inferior to Randall. However, in this game, Zubac's performance is not inferior to Randall's.
In the whole game, Zubac shot 5 of 8 and 7 of 11 free throws, cutting two-doubles of 17 points, 14 boards and 3 blocks, and the performance was very efficient. Randle shot 8-of-15, 3-of-7 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line, cutting down 24 points, 9 boards and 5 assists. Both played very well, but in this game, both made a number of mistakes, Zubac made 4 mistakes and Randall made as many as 7 mistakes. Although there are some mistakes, the performance of both is worthy of recognition.
In the 16-17 and 17-18 seasons, Zubac and Randle were teammates with the Lakers and also played as interior partners. However, Randle then left the Lakers on his contract, and Zubac was traded to the Clippers in the 18-19 season. This season, Zubac is averaging 9.9 points and 8.2 boards per game and shooting 67.3 percent from the field. While defensive flaws are still evident, everything else plays at the best of his career. And Randall has been a bit lost this season, the overall performance is far less than last season, and even questioned by many Knicks fans. Seeing two former Lakers draft players playing a good performance at the same time in the showdown, I don't know what Lakers fans think?