Toronto Dominates New York
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The New York Knicks traveled north of the border to Toronto to take on the Raptors on Thursday night. In the wake of the Cleveland Cavaliers shipping half of their roster to other teams, the Raptors looked to take advantage of the potential lack of chemistry by the defending Eastern Conference champions. The Knicks looked to find a new offense now that their leader, Kristops Porzingis, is out for the season after tearing his ACL.
The first quarter started relatively balance, with neither team building more than a five point lead on their opponent. The Raptors led 23-18 going into the second quarter. Valanciunas sparked the Raptors with eleven points in the frame to give Toronto a double-digit lead heading into halftime 52-41. With two minutes left in the third quarter and the Raptors up ten, Toronto went on an 11-5 run to extend their lead to sixteen after three three-pointers to end the quarter.
Toronto looked to finish off the Knicks midway through the final quarter, sparking a 25-9 run, building their lead to 31 and running away with the victory, 113-88.
The Raptors balanced their scoring attack across seven players in double-digit scoring, led by Jonas Valanciunas‘s 18 points and 10 rebounds. Michael Beasley led the Knicks with 21 points in the loss.
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Been a Raptor fan since day one. Literally! And this is the best team I have seen in the franchises history.
Their bench is arguably the best in the league and these guys are all playing for each other. Awesome to see Deebo and Kyle get like 8 points each but the bench and other starters step up....Allows for so much more I think.
Such a joy to watch and hopefully we see a strong showing in the playoffs cause that's the real test.
Let's go Raps!
Raps are playing well now, and hopefully this is there year. Unfortunately i cant help but feel K. Lowry will dissipate per usual come playoff time. He truly is one of the worst performers in the playoffs, his age is overlooked.
It's a good point. But I don't ever question Lowry's heart and grit. Dude is a pitbull. He's getting older and does seem to disappear every now and again...But this year...There is something different.
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