New York Knicks @ Toronto Raptors
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22501202
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 39 13 27 22 101NYK 35 34 25 23 117
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Brunson scores 35 points as Knicks rout Raptors 117-101 to reach NBA Cup semifinals for first time
TORONTO -- — Jalen Brunson scored 35 points, Josh Hart added 21 and the New York Knicks advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals for the first time in three tries by beating the struggling Toronto Raptors 117-101 on Tuesday night.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks, who will face Orlando in the semifinal round at Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Magic reached the semifinals by beating Miami earlier Tuesday.
Towns returned after sitting out Sunday’s home win over Orlando because of tightness in his left calf.
Mikal Bridges scored 15 points for New York and OG Anunoby had 13 against his former team.
The only team to reach the quarterfinals in all three years of the event, the Knicks had lost their previous two appearances by a combined 32 points.
New York is 11-4 all-time in NBA Cup play.
Brunson’s 26 points in the opening half were his most in any half this season.
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points and Jamal Shead had a career-high 18 but the short-handed Raptors lost their fourth straight, all at home.
Scottie Barnes and Ja’Kobe Walter each scored 13 points for the Raptors, and Jakob Poeltl added 10.
Toronto went unbeaten in group stage play with all four wins coming during a stretch that saw the Raptors go 13-1. They’re 1-6 since.
Ingram had 17 in the first quarter but the entire Raptors team couldn’t combine to match that total in the second. Toronto missed 13 of its first 15 shot attempts and finished 5 for 21 in a disastrous frame that saw the Raptors outscored 34-13.
New York led 69-52 at the half.
Neither of Toronto’s former Knicks was available Tuesday. Immanuel Quickley sat because of an illness while RJ Barrett missed his ninth straight game because of a sprained right knee.
Up next Knicks: Play Orlando in the semifinal at Las Vegas on Saturday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORAL A. Lawson
BI B. Ingram
CH C. Hepburn
CM C. Murray-Boyles
GD G. Dick
GT G. Temple
JM J. Mogbo
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
OA O. Agbaji
SB S. Barnes
SM S. Mamukelashvili
NYKGY G. Yabusele
JB J. Brunson
JC J. Clarkson
JH J. Hart
KM K. McCullar Jr.
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diawara
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
TE T. Evbuomwan
TK T. Kolek
TOR/NYK 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