New York Knicks @ Toronto Raptors
Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22300276
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 26 31 20 29 106NYK 34 23 33 29 119
ESPN UpdateESPN Update
Brunson scores 22 points as Knicks beat Raptors 119-106 to win 3rd straight
TORONTO -- — Jalen Brunson had 22 points, Josh Hart scored 15 of his 17 in the third quarter and the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 119-106 on Friday night to match a season high with their third straight win.
Julius Randle had 20 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as New York improved to 10-0 against teams with losing records. The Raptors are 9-11.
Led by Randle, the Knicks matched a season best with 30 assists.
“Once we got our defense going, I loved the way we played offensively,” New York coach Tom Thibodeau said. “I thought we really shared the ball, made plays for each other and really played well as a team. It was great to see.”
Toronto-born RJ Barrett scored 15 points for the Knicks, while Donte DiVincenzo shot 7 for 9 from 3-point range and finished with 21.
“They were able to spread the ball to the wings and continue moving the ball to create good looks,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said.
Playing their fifth back-to-back of the season, the Knicks swept both games for the second straight time. They also did it at Washington and Charlotte on Nov. 17-18.
“We’re the kings of the back-to-backs,” Thibodeau joked.
Scottie Barnes scored 29 points and Pascal Siakam had 21 for the Raptors, but Toronto failed to extend a season-best three-game home winning streak.
Jakob Poeltl had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors. Dennis Schroder finished with 10 points and nine assists.
New York outscored Toronto 52-25 in bench points.
“Our bench was terrific,” Thibodeau said. “We got good, solid performances from everybody.”
The Raptors shot 6 for 32 from 3-point range. Barnes finished 3 for 7 from long range but no other Toronto player made more than one 3-pointer.
“You cannot play the game without shooting from the 3-point line,” Rajakovic said. “We’ve got to just continue putting work in and believe that you’re gonna make them.”
The game was tied 57-all at halftime but Hart scored 15 consecutive points for the Knicks in the third as New York outscored Toronto 33-20 to take a 90-77 lead into the fourth.
“We’ve had some trouble in the third quarters, so that was a good sign for us,” Brunson said.
Hart said he didn’t know about his consecutive points streak until someone told him after the game.
“I had no idea,” he said. “I wish I did, because boy, I would have started jacking. I would have tried to make it 20, 25.”
Friday’s meeting was the first between the teams since the Knicks sued the Raptors in August, alleging that Toronto conspired to steal thousands of videos and other scouting secrets. The Raptors called the lawsuit “baseless” and “a public relations stunt by the Knicks” in an October court filing.
Wearing a Knicks vest and an orange knit cap, actor and director Spike Lee watched from a baseline seat.
UP NEXT
Knicks: Visit Milwaukee for an NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinal game on Tuesday night.
TOR KarmaHide StintsShow StintsHide PMShow PMHide KarmaShow KarmaHide ScoresShow Scores
Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKDD D. DiVincenzo
IH I. Hartenstein
IQ I. Quickley
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JR J. Randle
MR M. Robinson
QG Q. Grimes
RB R. Barrett
TORCB C. Boucher
DS D. Schröder
GT G. Trent Jr.
JM J. McDaniels
JP J. Poeltl
MF M. Flynn
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
PS P. Siakam
SB S. Barnes
SC Schroder
NYK/TOR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur