In a year that’s been anything but normal, it was somewhat refreshing to get back to an old standby: the Knicks hosting the Raptors at Madison Square Garden on an April afternoon. It’s been a regular part of the spring schedule for years and, in the recent past, Toronto has enjoyed plenty of wins and fun times at the Mecca.
This is a different Knicks team, though — especially over the past few weeks. Winners of eight straight games coming in, the Julius Randle-led squad have fans dancing in Penn Station, as they’ve improved all the way to the fourth spot in the East (just outside of the dominant “Big Three” of Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn).