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I didn't get to see this one because of class but it really looks like we dominated another team. 4th straight win by double digits that probably matches the amount of wins we had by double digits the whole season lol. Love to see us playing good ball again now tomorrow comes the real test in Philly.

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For those of you Knick fans who didn't see the game, it was relatively close for most of the first 3 quarters. The Knicks got up double digits, the Raptors would close it to 6-8 points and things like that. It was a 9 point game heading into the 4th. The game was never really in doubt for New York, but they didn't look like they would run away with it either.

 

However, during the 4th quarter (well, a lot of the game, but particularly in the 4th) they did an excellent drop of pressuring the Raptors and Calderon especially. They were picking up full court, throwing out half court traps, getting right up on him and things like that. They forced a bunch of turnovers and it always resulted in easy baskets at the other end.

 

They were able to get consecutive turnovers, one on a Lin strip of Bargnani after Calderon had just passed him the ball at the top of the arc and another on Calderon himself) which led to back-to-back transition baskets and that basically iced the game for them. The lead went from 14 to 18 in less than a minute. The Raptors offense went stagnant (well, even more so than usual when Calderon is at the point) as the Knicks pressure didn't allow them to get into their sets until 10 seconds on the shot clock, the Knicks had the crowd going wild and that fueled them on the court. They went on an 11-2 (including those 4 points off the turnovers) over the next 2-3 minutes before emptying their bench as the lead grew to 20+.

 

They also dominated Toronto inside. They finished with 16 offensive boards, scored 50 points in the paint and had a significant advantage in 2nd chance points (not sure of the exact number, but I believe they had 20+ more than the Raptors did, who only managed 3 offensive boards).

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