The Raptors eliminate the 1st half to defeat Knicks 128-112

TORONTO – Pascal Siakam has scored 23 points, including three to three, and the Toronto Raptors remain undefeated at home after a 128-112 victory over the New York Knicks on Saturday.

Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points while OG Anunoby had 16 points for the Raptors, who have the best NBA record at 12-1. Kawhi Leonard has only 12 points on two shots against seven. In the second game, he scored less than 20 points as Raptor.

Six Raptors scored two figures, with Delon Wright with 12 and Kyle Lowry with 10.

Tim Hardaway Jr. had 17 points to beat the Knicks (4-9).

The match was Raptors' first home game after a perfect 4-0 record in the West. Maybe it was a combination of the early afternoon time and the return to Eastern time, but the Raptors did not look like the best team at all. from league to start Go. And the first goal scored by Leonard did not come before 46 seconds in the first half.

But the Raptors started the fourth quarter with a 100-82 record and apparently with the match in hand, and when Anunoby ran out of three points with eight minutes of play, the Toronto gained 20 points. By the time Valanciunas found themselves playing three with 13:33, a few hundred of the 19,800 spectators of the Scotiabank Arena had already left.

Danny Green's three long bombs in the night earned him 1,000 points at three points for his career. Lowry was the last Raptor to accomplish this feat in December 2016.

The match began a few hours after the news was reported that Minnesota traded Jimmy Butler in Philadelphia, potentially turning the 76ers into a team likely to make a lot of noise in the Eastern Conference.

"This certainly brings a very good player to our gym a few more times, so we're looking forward to doing it," said Raptors coach Nick Nurse about the contract.

The Raptors had four turnovers in the first five and a half minutes, and it took them more than four minutes to get their placement – a three in green. Still, the Raptors managed to keep the game tight and Wright's reverse with two seconds left the game tied in the second quarter at 25-25.

Anunoby led the way with nine points on second base and an 11-2 lead on the Toronto bench gave the Raptors a seven-point lead. Two free-throws from Leonard helped Toronto score 64-53 at half-time.

Siakam scored 14 points in the decisive third quarter of Toronto.

The Raptors will welcome New Orleans pelicans on Monday and Dwane Casey will return to Toronto Wednesday with his Detroit Pistons.