{"id":708404,"date":"2026-04-11T19:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:54:27","slug":"knicks-secure-no-3-seed-in-eastern-conference-following-112-95-win-over-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708404\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Secure No. 3 Seed in Eastern Conference following 112-95 win over Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025-11-20T055520Z_22607309_MT1USATODAY27631230_RTRMADP_3_NBA-NEW-YORK-KNICKS-AT-DALLAS-MAVERICKS.jp.jpeg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jalen Brunson Knicks Mavericks\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Knicks Secure No. 3 Seed in Eastern Conference following 112-95 win over Raptors 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Nov 19, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) brings the ball up court against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jalen Brunson<\/a>\u2019s 29 points led the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/sports\/basketball\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Knicks<\/a> to a 112-95 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. It was the 13th consecutive victory for New York over Toronto and could serve as a preview of the Eastern Conference\u2019s No.3-No.6 matchup next week in the NBA\u2019s postseason. The Knicks\u2019 victory improves their record to 53-28 on the 2025-26 campaign, while the Raptors slip to 45-36 on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Karl Anthony-Towns<\/a> secured yet another double-double behind 22 points and 10 rebounds to secure his league-leading 56th the season (in 75 appearances). Denver Nuggets star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> sits just behind Anthony-Towns with 55 double-doubles in 64 games\u00a0 (and perhaps even more impressively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landofbasketball.com\/year_by_year_stats\/2025_2026_double_doubles_rs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">34 triple-doubles<\/a> in that same time span.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One injury worth monitoring will be guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/anunoog01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OG Anunoby<\/a>, who injured his ankle in the second quarter and did not return to the game. The 28-year-old power forward has been an important piece of the puzzle during the Knicks recent five game win streak. Anunoby has averaged 16.7 points, 2.2 assists, and 1.6 steals per game in 67 contests for New York this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s 2025-26 campaign wraps up tomorrow night with a home date against the Charlotte Hornets at Madison Square Garden. The Hornets (43-38) have clinched a spot in the play-in round postseason, but will be seeking a win to maintain their 9th-seed in the Eastern Conference in front of the Miami Heat (42-39).\u00a0 The Knicks are locked into the third seed in the East independent of the result of Sunday night\u2019s matchup at the Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more on the Knicks, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> AMNY.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nov 19, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) brings the ball up court&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,288,563,166,6,191,253,476],"class_list":{"0":"post-708404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-jalen-brunson","13":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","14":"tag-mavericks","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-new-york-knicks","17":"tag-nikola-jokic","18":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116387832284299801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}