DETROIT — The night had already been a celebration for Julius Randle, pouring in a season-high 36 points on his 28th birthday, when he took a feed from Jalen Brunson cutting down the lane on a fast break.
Randle threw down a powerful dunk over Isaiah Stewart and paused to stare down the Pistons center. Stewart, whose most viral NBA moment came when he ran through more defenders than Barry Sanders to try to attack LeBron James, did not take kindly to it and shoved Randle in the chest.
But like we said, Randle wasn’t spoiling the party. He just put his arms up and continued on, exaggerating the shove as he nearly circled the court, unwilling to send any fine money to the league on his birthday. When play resumed with a technical on Stewart, Randle continued on until he finally went to the bench, the one-sided 140-110 win secured.
