Raptors Vs. Knicks: Toronto Defense Halts New York, Raps Win 90-85
Carmelo Anthony scored 35, but the Toronto Raptors' defense kept the New York Knicks inefficient and earned the win.
| Final - 1.2.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Raptors | 22 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 90 |
| New York Knicks | 23 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 85 |
Stories
Raptors 90, Knicks 85: "Seemed like video game basketball to me."
That one got silly.
Postgame Thread: Raptors 90, Knicks 85
Well that felt like every loss the Knicks have had over the last few years, but worse. Recap coming later.
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 22 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 90 |
| New York | 23 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 85 |
| Toronto | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Bargnani | 37 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 21 |
| Rasual Butler | 37 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 10-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Amir Johnson | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Jose Calderon | 43 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 34 | 7-13 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 21 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 10-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| James Johnson | 11 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Ed Davis | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Anthony Carter | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 13 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Linas Kleiza | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Gary Forbes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Aaron Gray | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jerryd Bayless | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Solomon Alabi | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-68 | 7-17 | 23-29 | 44-4 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 30-2 | 90 | |
| .441 | .412 | .793 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (25 pts) | |||||||
| New York | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 42 | 13-31 | 4-9 | 5-8 | 11-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 35 |
| Josh Harrellson | 33 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Tyson Chandler | 43 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 10-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Toney Douglas | 36 | 8-19 | 4-11 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 22 |
| Landry Fields | 32 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Bill Walker | 24 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Mike Bibby | 15 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Steve Novak | 10 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Jerome Jordan | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jared Jeffries | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Amare Stoudemire | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Baron Davis | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jeremy Lin | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Iman Shumpert | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-78 | 10-35 | 19-25 | 39-6 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24-0 | 85 | |
| .359 | .286 | .760 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 2 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Scott Foster, James Williams, Sean Wright
Duration:2:24
Officials: - Scott Foster, James Williams, Sean Wright
Duration:2:24
