Toronto confirms its current form. By winning 113-104 at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, who had recorded only one loss for five wins since the start of the season, the Raptors gleaned their fourth victory in a row Monday night.
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The work mainly of OG Anunoby. The 24-year-old Anglo-Nigerian winger scored 36 points, his career record, for his third game over 30 points (13/27 including 4/12 three-point, 6 rebounds, 2 assists).
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In the absence of the promising Scottie Barnes, victim of a sprained right thumb against the Pacers on Saturday, Anunoby, supported by Gary Trent Jr (26 points) and Fred VanVleet (17 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists) allowed the Raptors to close a 15-point gap (50-35, 18th) to return to 57-53 at the break.
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Four Knicks three-point baskets to start
The Knicks, after a stormy start, with four baskets scored off the racket to start and 18 points from Julius Randle in the first quarter (22 overall), could not prevent Toronto from coming back to the score, then to definitely take the advantage 7 minutes from the end (68-66), on a three-point achievement from Svi Mykhailiuk (15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists).
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Frenchman Evan Fournier, for his part, did not weigh enough to overthrow the 2019 champion, with 12 points in 25 minutes, 3 rebounds and 2 assists (17.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists on average this season ).
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Despite this defeat, the New York franchise is making its best start to the season since 2012-2013 (5 wins, 2 losses) but loses the lead in the Eastern Conference, ahead of Chicago and Miami.
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