New York Knicks vs Toronto Raptors Full Game Highlights 2nd Qtr | Dec 9 | 2025 NBA Highlights
What a first quarter, Bones. Well, it might be cold outside, but it’s it’s hot up in here. Holy moly. Tyler Kick with the rock for the Knicks. We’ll see where the offense comes from without Brunson and an Obi can’t hit. Here’s Barnes pushing it the other way. Both BI and Brunson getting a much needed rest. Barnes trying to split the defenders. Kick out. Heburn from downtown. That won’t go. Tap out. This is Grady Dick on the drive down the lane. Does not get the roll. Bridges going at Mamu Kalesi. No. Towns crashing the glass. Couldn’t put it in. Up ahead. Heburn. Mamu Kalesi now penetrating. Oh, swatted by Anobi. Good hands by OG to time that one. Bridges in the corner. The Raptors shot 57% in that first quarter. The Knicks shot 65%. Shot clock winding down and Anobi in the lane. Pull up. Jay drops. Tough turnaround jumper. Just a strong move for OG as the buzzer sounds. Two-point ball game. Barnes from deep. No good. And here comes the Knicks the other way. 13th three-point attempt already for the Raptors as Hart gets the lane to tie this one up. And that is a quick taking a look at the Emirates NBA Cup bracket. Orlando, they punch their ticket to Las Vegas tomorrow. You don’t want to miss these games. 7:30 Eastern, OKC in Phoenix. followed by the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs. Nine lead changes in this one already. Tied up at 39. Barnes surrounded, forced to give it up. Walter won’t take the three. Shot clock to three. Finds a cutting Grady Dick blocked by OG Anobi. Anobi right in the chest. and Anobi good at the free throw line and the Knicks back on top. Knicks have reached the knockout round all three years of Emirates NBA Cup action but they have not advanced to Vegas. Heburn in the deep corner surrounded now gave it up to Barnes. Barnes spinning out of trouble and threw it down. He had to put a little bit of sizzle on that pass. almost got stolen and then Scotty open on the baseline for the finish. Almost lost the handle. Good defensive pressure here by the Raptors. Again, eighth in defensive rating. Towns working on Walter splits the double and got the lay. Second field goal for Carl Anthony Towns. Heburn forced to kick it out. Stolen by Kohic up ahead. Hard broken up and oh he’s fouled by SC for this one. They have Chucky Heburn, Scotty Barnes, Yaka Purle, Jacobe Walter, and Grady Dick out there. Koh to the rim. A good play by Mike Brown to draw it up so that Kohler could get to his left hand. And Pepper not able to catch up with that burst of speed from Tyler. Purle hand off to Barnes. Barnes just four points in the early going. Brady Dick off the heel. Knicks by four. Anobi finds a cutting heart. Broken up. Stolen. Barnes the other way. Going to challenge Towns. Swatted out of bounds by Town. 812 to go. AJ Lawson in for Toronto. Pass out to Barnes. Lawson in the corner. No hesitation. Can’t get it to go. Good clear out there by Towns for the board. Knicks largest lead so far tonight has been five. Largest lead for the Raptors was six. Clarkson with the left. Knicks have outscored the Raptors 12-2 so far here in the second. Well, the bad news for the Raptors is Jaylen Brunson’s not on the court. So, this is an area where they should try to stretch. Another return. Nick Ronnie behind the back. Clarkson penetrating split the defense. Wild shot won’t go back out there on the floor for the Raptors. Jaylen Brunson on the floor for the Knicks. Ingram and to Purle and Purle diving on the floor for it. Toss out to Ingram. Ingram on the drive hanging, can’t hand. Good verticality from Towns. Outside look, Barnes, he’ll penetrate downhill with the two hand flush. Great hustle by Yaka Purle. Again, we talked about them rebounding both ways. He collects the ball, saves the possession, and then Scotty taking care of business. Brunson with a 20point first quarter. In the last 30 years, just three Knicks players have scored 20 in an opening quarter. And Brunson picking up where he left off. That company includes Carmelo Anthony and Julius Randall. Brunson’s done it now four times. This is a mid-range J from Barnes. Won’t go. 4943 New York on top. Brunson over to Towns approaching the midway mark of the second quarter. Towns fouled when they’re away from MSG. Kind of a microcosm of their play overall on the road so far this season. Three games below 500 when they’re away from Madison Square Garden. Barnes sees a double momentarily. Now backing down hard in the lane. Blocked from behind by Bridges. Hard forced to slow things down. Downs penetrating and the flush. Bodega with the throw down. Crowd buzzing after that one. Towns just getting his steps. Gets all the way to the rim. Nine-point advantage for New York. Purdle. No good. Rebound secured by Brunson. They can go up by double figures here. Brunson floater. Money. Time out Toronto. The successes of the team collective is always going to be paramount to any head coach’s messaging. When you listen to the way the players talk about their head coach in terms of Darko Ryakovic, they live by a different principle. It’s a little bit deeper than that. It’s actually almost a family feel. Examples being Thanksgiving spent together, not just by the team, but their extended families before the ball game. This is the second year of a rebuild. He’s very open about that. And so a lot of folks feel that this Raptor squad ahead of schedule. They’re fourth in the East right now. Yeah. And I think the the whole part about the rebuild Grady is the fact, but for the rest of this roster, they’re looking at them. They’re evaluating what they bring to the table. And so far ahead of schedule at 15 and 10 so far this year. No good from the outside for OJI. The Raptors in this quarter just two for 14 shooting. Shed now surveying the floor around a barn screen. Shed the runner won’t go. That ball ricochets out of bounds and it’s going to be Nick’s ball. They’re now two for 15.
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New York Knicks vs Toronto Raptors Full Game Highlights 2nd Qtr | Dec 9 | 2025 NBA Highlights
