As a back-to-back effort for both teams, there were stretches of tonights Raptors-Knicks contest that were a slog. Both teams looked lost at times — the Knicks lazily fouling on defense, while the Raptors front-rimmed a plethora of jumpers and threes. As the game ticked on into the fourth quarter, it felt like it would come down to which team would produce plays from the widest source of players. The 118-107 score, a winning tally for the Raptors, gives the hint as to how that particular question was answered.
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