After losing back-to-back games to the Milwaukee Bucks (15-7) and the Boston Celtics (16-5) last week, the New York Knicks (12-9) will kick off the way by trying to forget about those late IST woes by hosting the Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden before embarking on another mammoth task that will see them play five games on the road.
The Knicks won’t return to New York until Dec. 20 when they’ll play the Nets at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The return to MSG? On a back-to-back pair of games against the Bucks on Dec.