Drama always finds New York Knicks fans. During the team’s comeback win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday, Knicks forward Julius Randle drew attention after making a thumbs down gesture directed at the fans.
Randle discussed the gesture after the game, saying it was meant to tell Knicks fans to “shut the f*** up.”
Randle gave the thumbs down with a little over 5 minutes to play in the contest. After the game, Randle was vague about why he made the gesture, “You saw that. You saw what was going on with that. Forget. Forget.”
It’s assumed Randle’s thumbs down was a response to the Knicks being booed earlier in the game. The team fell behind by 25 points in the second quarter, leading to the fans booing the team.
New York surged back into the game in the second half, and eventually won the contest on a last-second 3 by RJ Barrett.
Randle’s gesture — and post-game comment — will draw ire from Knicks fans, but teammate Evan Fournier didn’t have a problem with it. Fournier said it…