But Barrett, Julius Randle & Jalen Brunson combined to shoot 5-for-21 from 3 w/10 TOs. Brunson shot 11-for-29. Fred Van Vleet had 33 pts. – 6:06 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050 Not a perfect performance but consider how many times they’ve been on the other end of these games recently. So yeah, Raps needed it & they’ll take it. Nice bounce-back for FVV, Siakam had 1 of his better defensive games, OG stepped up late after slow start, Scottie was brilliant – 6:03 PM Mike Vorkunov @MikeVorkunov Knicks’ clutch issues hurt them again in loss to the Raptors. No team has missed more FTs in last 2 minutes of a game that’s within 5 points — NYK have taken an NBA high FTs in those moments & rank 20th in FT%. They missed 3 in 2-point loss to Raptors + another in OT w/ 3:11 left – 5:59 PM Kevin Chouinard @KLChouinard Of the wins over IND, TOR and MIA, today’s was the most impressive because the contact allowed for the final 3 quarters was egregious.
Toronto shooting 38 per cent to Knicks 48 per cent. – 4:14 PM The Knicks closed the 1st half on a 26-13 run to turn a 10-point deficit into a 3-point lead. The Raptors went 5 minutes without a FG until VanVleet’s long 3. FVV had 12 of his 16 points in the 2nd Q. He and Trent are 5-for-10 from 3. Everybody else is 1-for-9. Raps shooting 38% – 4:13 PM All things considered, Raptors being within 3 at half is not too bad VanVleet 16, Siakam 13; need more than 10 combined from Anunoby-Barnes, though – 4:11 PM Raps trail 59-56 at the half. 16 for Fred, 13 for Pascal, 15 for Brunson. Knicks up 9-4 on offensive glass.
Gotta know time/score in that situation. – 5:28 PM Weird sequence of Trent airball, a needless FVV foul but Brunson splits FTs and Raptors down 1 with the ball and 18. 8 seconds left – 5:28 PM After playing a terrific fourth quarter, appeared FVV thought the Raptors were losing there, and intentionally fouled Jalen Brunson with the score tied and the shot clock off.
Instead he tries to play him square and always seems to be reacting, rather than dictating. – 4:08 PM What a world we live in where the Knicks bench struggles and the starters come in to create/extend leads. – 4:06 PM Knicks trail by 1 despite shooting terribly from beyond the arc. They’re in good shape but bench hasn’t been good enough again. – 4:02 PM Raptors are wasting a lot of good defensive possessions by simply getting outworked on the glass.
Knicks had won 7 of 8 games before the Raps defeated them in OT today. Both of them among Toronto’s best wins of the season. – 5:55 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz Final: Raptors 123, Knicks 121. Knicks fall to 25-20 on the season, sixth in the East. • Barrett 32 & 7 • Brunson 26 & 7 • Randle 21-15-8 • Robinson 11 & 8 • VanVleet 33-5-8 Raptors shoot 34-41 from the line. Knicks 28-35. Knicks with 26 2nd-chance pts. Raps with 24.
– 5:30 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps Raptors go for the quick shot, miss but get rebound and Barnes FTs puts ’em up 109-108 with 12. 1 left – 5:30 PM I just don’t know about the Raptors this year, man. They just seem all sorts of broken. They’ll probably hit a game winner here. – 5:28 PM Nurse was waving the Raptors forward as if to pick up full court. Not sure if he told them to foul or VanVleet thought those were the instructions. But Brunson hits only 1 of 2, so it’s Knicks by one with 18 seconds left. – 5:28 PM Did VanVleet think the Raptors were down? He’s been great today, but that was a BAD foul.
– 4:11 PM Halftime. Knicks lead the Raptors 59-56. • Brunson 15 & 3 • Randle 12-7-5 • Barrett 10 & 3 • Robinson 8 & 2 • Siakam 13-5-4 Knicks just 4-16 from deep. Raptors are 6-19. Two teams have combined for only six turnovers. – 4:11 PM It’s admirable that Barnes wants to pick Randle well up the floor on the dribble, but it would make more sense if he had a plan, like, funnelling him one direction or another.
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