A good Knicks’ effort in a fun game was welcome, but ended disappointingly, as the boys in orange and blue lost 118-107 to the Toronto Raptors. Both teams brought the energy to the second night of a back-to-back. After being outshot 43-17 at the line Friday in Boston, the differential tonight was 38-16 in favor of Toronto. Rome wasn’t built in a day, yo.
Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose both got off to good scoring starts, while DeMar DeRozan struggled to get going. Melo in particular was hitting from all angles, netting 20 in the first half as if five Tony Brothers were checking him.