After falling to the Detroit Pistons once again, the Toronto Raptors returned to the Scotiabank Arena where they would face, let’s say, a less competitive team in the New York Knicks. However, this wasn’t a team to be taken lightly.
The Knicks had knocked off LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers the previous night with a game-winning block from Mario Hezonja stealing the headlines.
The Raptors were on fire in the first quarter, shooting 82-percent from the field and hitting five three-pointers in that time. The integration of Fred VanVleet back into the line-up continued on Monday night.