The New York Knicks (39-22) defeat the Toronto Raptors (35-25), 111-95.

111 - 95

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Scotiabank Arena

Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Evan Scott, and John Butler

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
New York Knicks	32	36	19	24	111
Toronto Raptors	31	27	24	13	95

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
New York Knicks	111	46-82	56.1%	10-29	34.5%	9-12	75.0%	7	51	32	17	10	15	4
Toronto Raptors	95	35-77	45.5%	8-28	28.6%	17-19	89.5%	5	32	24	15	8	13	3

PLAYER STATS


New York Knicks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
OG Anunoby^SF	26:47	15	5-6	2-2	3-4	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	4	8
Josh Hart^PF	30:44	12	6-7	0-1	0-2	1	6	7	7	3	2	2	0	14
Karl-Anthony Towns^C	28:57	21	10-17	1-4	0-0	3	10	13	6	1	1	3	3	7
Mikal Bridges^SG	32:14	11	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	3	11
Jalen Brunson^PG	36:35	26	10-22	2-7	4-4	0	2	2	10	1	0	1	1	7
Mitchell Robinson	20:16	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	8	10	0	2	0	1	1	0
Landry Shamet	24:06	12	5-11	2-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	6
Mohamed Diawara	19:15	8	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	4
Jose Alvarado	17:22	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	1	19
Jeremy Sochan	00:59	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ariel Hukporti	00:59	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin McCullar Jr.	00:50	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Kolek	00:50	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Clarkson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pacôme Dadiet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Jemison III	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miles McBride	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toronto Raptors	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Brandon Ingram^SF	36:38	31	11-20	3-5	6-7	0	2	2	4	1	1	2	0	-7
Scottie Barnes^PF	35:37	14	5-9	1-3	3-3	2	2	4	1	3	1	3	2	-2
Jakob Poeltl^C	29:54	9	4-6	0-0	1-1	2	5	7	0	0	1	2	3	-10
RJ Barrett^SG	37:13	20	9-13	1-3	1-2	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	2	-16
Immanuel Quickley^PG	32:47	13	4-14	3-10	2-2	0	3	3	12	2	0	2	2	-9
Jamal Shead	24:03	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	1	-9
Sandro Mamukelashvili	16:21	4	1-6	0-1	2-2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	-2
Ja’Kobe Walter	18:27	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	-14
Jamison Battle	04:45	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11
A.J. Lawson	00:50	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gradey Dick	00:50	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Mogbo	00:50	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trayce Jackson-Davis	00:50	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alijah Martin	00:50	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Temple	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chucky Hepburn	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Murray-Boyles	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

peanut-britle-latte | Knicks

87 | 13 hours ago

Call us the meteor cause we fucking hate the Raptors.

11 straight wins vs TOR.

smoothsoul23 | Raptors

57 | 13 hours ago

It’s 12 now 🙄

HokageEzio | Knicks

16 | 13 hours ago

The basketball gods added another one to the schedule this year, but it’s Game 81.

smoothsoul23 | Raptors

5 | 13 hours ago

Right because of the in season tournament game

Jimm120 | Knicks

88 | 13 hours ago

Towns 21pts/13reb/6ast/1stl/1blk
Brunson 26pts/2reb/10ast/1stl

Superb

Seems once Giannis was off the table, Towns seemingly has been good again.

GalactusAteMyPlanet

23 | 13 hours ago

Trading for Giannis would had been the wrong move anyway. Attempting to trade for someone like Giannis would had been too expensive and deplete much of the Knicks depth. Improving their overall depth like what the Knicks did this trade deadline by acquiring Alvarado is the right move.

Laserfalcon | Knicks

14 | 13 hours ago

The downvotes out of pure Knick hatred is wild!

valgatiag | Knicks

10 | 12 hours ago

Can’t leave out Hart’s 12/7/7 with 3 steals and 2 blocks

DuckDucks | Knicks

78 | 13 hours ago

Knicks win and RJ played great. Amazing.

YourAsianBuddy | Knicks

24 | 13 hours ago

RJ’s confidence level was through the roof that game. I love watching him play even though he’s not in blue and orange anymore. It was much needed for his career.

-orangejoe | NYK

23 | 13 hours ago

RJ scored 9 straight for Toronto to start the fourth, then after the timeout with 5:30 left and only down 2 he didn’t get another shot attempt the rest of the game. I don’t get that.

Superlolz

7 | 13 hours ago

Raptors couldn’t get stops to save their lives down the stretch, I don’t think icing out RJ was the problem (although that’s happened a lot in NY so he’s use to it lol)

zOmgFishes | Knicks

9 | 13 hours ago

Thank god they went away from RJ in the clutch. We had no answer for him lol. The Raptors scored 13 points in the 4th…9 by RJ, one lucky heave by IQ and a Poetl shot when the game was over.

ElTuco84 | Knicks

2 | 5 hours ago

On one end, his defense is still an issue, and he doesnt’ rebound enough for his size.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

35 | 13 hours ago

Let us never speak of the 3rd quarter

shangalang69 | Raptors

25 | 13 hours ago

Let us never speak of the 4th quarter

DuckDucks | Knicks

10 | 13 hours ago

I looked away and the lead was gone, then I looked away and the lead was back. It was like all the raptor momentum was sapped in that timeout

honestcoinmoney

36 | 13 hours ago

flips over “fire mike brown” sign to reveal “we’re so back” sign

Victarion99 | Knicks

36 | 13 hours ago

We’ve taken custody of the Raptors since Lebronto ended

Solid squad but they just dont have enough pieces to make a playoff run

ShindouRomm

18 | 13 hours ago

I think the knicks are the worst matchup in the league for them this year, kind of similar philosophies but the knicks are just better at all of the things that the raps are good at.

zebrainatux |

8 | 13 hours ago

And the Raptors desperately need some size

Jimm120 | Knicks

0 | 13 hours ago

but you would think they DID have it.

ingran, barns, rj, quick, alongside solid players like Dick.

You’d think they would be even better

shangalang69 | Raptors

27 | 13 hours ago

solid players like Dick

AnnaKendrickPerkins | Toronto Huskies

2 | 11 hours ago

Citation needed.

onlywodcanjudgeme | Knicks

1 | 6 hours ago

Did he stutter?

kanst | Knicks

10 | 13 hours ago

They match up terribly against us in particular.

Both Quickley and Shead are too small to give Brunson a hard time. He does worse when you can put a bigger more physical defender on him.

The Raptors strength are in their wings, but we don’t really play through our wings on offense and our wings are also our best defenders.

EarthWarping | NBA

10 | 13 hours ago

Scottie on Brunson means they have worse rim protectors there which means a worse defense overall.

Ok_Possible_5702

-1 | 13 hours ago

They’re already overperforming, they would be a play-in team if Haliburton was healthy and PG didn’t decide to take an extended vacation

shangalang69 | Raptors

33 | 13 hours ago

Before all the Raptor doomer fans flood the thread, we are the 7th youngest team by minutes played this year and have all of our draft picks. Young team learning how to win takes time. Hopefully these late game collapses are less frequent next year. GG Knicks.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

24 | 13 hours ago

It really feels like the Raptors are basically where the Knicks were from 2020-2023 when we brought in Brunson and radically changed our team.

It helps that you guys have the former Knicks that were on our team during that part of the rebuild for us.

probablymade_thatup | Bucks [MIL] Luke Kornet

1 | an hour ago

And you guys have hardly had a true rim protector all year with Pöltl’s back stuff. If you guys can get consistent center play (and I mean a real 7 footer who is NBA caliber), things will look different.

samurairocketshark | Suns

0 | 9 hours ago

How are people already, this is best the Raptors have been since you guys were picking top 5 in the lottery

s_s | Cavaliers

-17 | 13 hours ago

“7th youngest team by minutes played”

I swear to God…Why is your entire freaking fanbase like this?!?

shangalang69 | Raptors

10 | 13 hours ago

whats wrong with that lol i’m just quoting a stat someone posted on this sub the other day, helped me make the point that all our key guys are really young lol

flow2ebb2flow

4 | 13 hours ago

Why are you like this?!?

PassMeTheBackwood | Knicks

25 | 13 hours ago

Brandon Ingram is the best player in the NBA for the first 2 quarters of a game.

BuQuChi | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

I’d never want him as a primary option. It’s like Kuzma on the Wizards

xxjohnnyrocketzxx | NYK

23 | 13 hours ago

When did RJ learn to finish when he drives?

bojangles2133 | Knicks

9 | 13 hours ago

It was honestly beautiful ball. Very controlled. Glad they went away from it

zOmgFishes | Knicks

4 | 13 hours ago

Dude was looking like JB out there in the paint with his stop and go moves. Raptors decided to ice him out at the end and i’m not complaining.

xxjohnnyrocketzxx | NYK

7 | 12 hours ago

StaRJ always had the potential, I think our spacing those years made it harder than it needed to be, especially since he occupied the same space as All Star Julius

shangalang69 | Raptors

3 | 10 hours ago

good thing rj is now on one of the worst shooting teams in the nba!!

Dinobot2_ | Raptors

12 | 13 hours ago

Maybe it was a bad idea in hindsight to dedicate a night to the only NFL team that plays in New York state on the same night that you’re playing the Knicks.

The_Uncut_Gem | Knicks

10 | 13 hours ago

Insane shotmaking from JB and KAT

Mets_BS | Knicks

10 | 13 hours ago

This may be the best basketball KAT has played for the Knicks

Ronnie2kDropCode | Knicks

8 | 13 hours ago

Raptors need a guy

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-2 | 13 hours ago

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shangalang69 | Raptors

-2 | 13 hours ago

you are so embarassing wearing an “NBA” flair lmao

hickok3 | Raptors

1 | 12 hours ago

Sure, but they aren’t wrong. The whole reason the FO went out and got BI was because Scottie could not carry the offense. Still an amazing player, but he needs to figure something out on that end of the floor, because he is capping our ceiling as a team. Can’t be paying a defense only player a max contract in todays CBA.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 10 hours ago

he isn’t defence only though? lmao

hickok3 | Raptors

2 | 10 hours ago

Defense only is probably a slight exageration, but 19 and 5.5 aren’t exactly eye popping offensive stats. He’s a bad 3pt shooter at 29%, and isn’t confident in his midrange shot either, while also having to contend with Ingram for the same spots. He also both can’t overpower(consistently) people like Giannis can, or break guys down off the dribble to get easier shots at the hoop. Which is why he has struggled his entire career in the halfcourt. It’s a big reason we have been horrendous in 4th quarters in the last few months. Teams are daring him to shoot/put the ball on the floor, and he isn’t scoring or creating enough opportunies for the rest of the team to punish it.

If his rookie year playoffs are anything to go off of(I am not willing to read into them deeply due to limited sample size and him being hurt), his numbers might take a hit in the playoffs as well, because teams will force him to make those shots he’s been hesitant to shoot.

dedbeats | Knicks

1 | 10 hours ago

Can Ingram carry the offense? He’s prone to inconsistency too, and he overlaps with Scottie and RJ. It seemed like a strange move to me when I think they should have gotten more size and more physical

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shangalang69 | Raptors

3 | 13 hours ago

wowie

TatisToucher

8 | 13 hours ago

Drake a bitch

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

8 | 13 hours ago

Raps whole season is basically beat up teams below them while get BTA from the top tier teams lol.

GalactusAteMyPlanet

4 | 13 hours ago

So the Raptors are basically Lakers of the East?

outsidehere | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

But with defense

sobanoodle-1 | Knicks

7 | 13 hours ago

We high key own Toronto, Ingram always goes off on us though.

EarthWarping | NBA

7 | 13 hours ago

16-2 offensively to end the game lmfaooo

Trinidad34 | Super 8

7 | 13 hours ago

Knicks are back

heat_fan_ | Raptors

5 | 13 hours ago

Raptors can’t beat the damn Knicks 😢

Brunson, Kat killed them

YourAsianBuddy | Knicks

3 | 13 hours ago

That game was a prime example of when you need your starters to play like the starters and when the bench plays like the bench. Stupid as that sounds, we saw where the game felt like it was slipping away in the 4th with the 2nd unit. No knock against them, but you could tell where Jose and Shamet were getting gassed. Gave the starters the time to close that game. Josh got 7 boards but it felt like he got way more the way he was crashing with all that hustle. Really great game to watch.

Lunaristics | Raptors

3 | 13 hours ago

I thought we had a chance with the first quarter, then I lost faith

thatguyad

3 | 12 hours ago

Brunson being Brunson

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

2 | 12 hours ago

The Knicks now have the 7th best defensive rating in the NBA. Huge for the program

NYdude777 | Knicks

1 | 11 hours ago

RJ Barrett has never beaten the Knicks…

JonnySports | Knicks

-3 | 13 hours ago

Refs tried their best to make this one a competitive game.

No_Nefariousness6385 | Kings

-2 | 13 hours ago

This Raptors team could really use Sabonis right now….a little agressiveness in the paint…