Despite being undersized at times, New York Knicks forward Julius Randle scores and rebounds well at his position. But the 25-year-old has never been regarded as a reliable floor spacer — a must for bigs in today's fast paced game.

Randle proved that he has put in the work to improve his outside stroke, draining a career-high five made three-pointers to power the Nets to a 94-82 win over crosstown rivals Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center on Wednesday night.

After dropping a season-high 35 points in their last match against the Washington Wizards, the former Kentucky Wildcat finished with 33 points to go along with eight boards and two dimes in 35 minutes of action. He got his usual numbers from the perimeter, making 14-for-26 field goals overall (54 percent), and punished Brooklyn defenders for leaving him open outside, going 5-of-9 from downtown (56 percent).

Blessed with tremendous strength and athleticism, Randle has been able to bully his way into the paint in his first six seasons in the league. But defenders soon caught on his inability to be ineffective outside the perimeter and often goaded him to take long distance attempts.

After shooting below 30 percent from deep in his early years with the Los Angeles Lakers, Randle showed stark improvement with his outside stroke in his lone season with the New Orleans Pelicans, draining 34.4 percent of his attempts.

Randle has a down year for the Knicks in terms of efficiency so far, making 44.9 percent of his field goals and 26.9 percent from three. But if the last two games are any indication, the 6'8″ bruiser is slowly finding his rhythm with the struggling Knicks. Randle is tallying 17.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists in his first season in The Big Apple.