Obi Toppin had a career-high 42 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks went on a 21-4 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 105-94.
The Raptors went on a 13-4 run to lead 80-77 with 8:59 left in the fourth quarter. Immanuel Quickley’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Knicks ahead for good with 7:58 left. He and Toppin scored 8 points each during the run, and they led 98-84 with 2:38 left.
Quickley had a career-high 34 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, his second career triple-double. Toppin scored 15 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter. The Knicks had 2 30-point scorers. Quickley assisted on 7 of Toppin’s 16 baskets, 3 of them 3-pointers.
For the Raptors, Chris Boucher scored 21 points off the bench.
The Knicks shot 46.0% from the field and 34.9% from 3 to the Raptors’ 39.1% and 28.6%. The Raptors got 9 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Knicks 55-7 off the bench. The Knicks’ starters outscored the Raptors 62-37 in 23 minutes together.