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NEW YORK — R.J. Barrett said Friday that spoiler can be “a fun role to play,” and that the Knicks would aim to do just that in the five games they had left after being eliminated from playoff contention.

NEW YORK — It’s hard to remember a player with such extreme love and hatred of his job like Julius Randle.

As the Knicks continue their too-little, too-late surge to end the season, the Julius Randle problem persists.

DETROIT — The Knicks were working their way through the final seconds of the game, desperately clinging to a two-point lead that had been 21 at one point and with Little Caesars Arena maybe louder than you’d expect for meeting of these lottery-bound teams, rookie Cade Cunningham took the ball…