DeRozan pours in 33, Raptors sink Knicks
TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points and added seven rebounds and four assists as the Toronto Raptors defeated the New York Knicks 118-107 on Saturday night..
DeRozan made a three-point play on a layup and a free throw with fewer than 30 seconds left in the game to give Toronto (7-2) a seven-point lead.
There were 27 lead changes and 20 ties in the game.
Norman Powell scored 19 points and Kyle Lowry added 16 points for the Raptors, who have won two in a row. Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and eight rebounds.
Carmelo Anthony led New York (3-6) with 31 points while Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis each had 21 points.
Joakim Noah added four points and 18 rebounds for the Knicks, who have lost two in a row.
The Knicks led 28-24 after the first quarter with Anthony scoring 10 points. DeRozan led Toronto with nine in the quarter.
Anthony beat the buzzer at the end of the first half with a jump shot to finish with 20 points and give the Knicks a 56-53 lead. DeRozan led Toronto with 13 and Lowry had 12 in the half.
DeRozan's two free throws with 6:08 to play in the third quarter tied the game at 72. The shooting guard made two more free throws to give Toronto a two-point lead with 5:46 left in the quarter. Powell's 3-pointer stretched the lead to five.
The Raptors led 87-85 after three quarters.
The Knicks scored the first four points of the fourth quarter but the Raptors regained a two-point lead on a pair of 3-pointers by Patrick Patterson.
Porzingis hit a 3-point shot to cut the lead to one point with 6:29 left in the game. Rose made one of two free throws to tie the game at 97.
DeRozan came back with a 3-pointer with 5:48 left to put Toronto ahead by three points and converted the free throw on the fifth foul of the game by Porzingis for a 101-97 lead. DeRozan reached 30 points for the eighth time in nine games this season.
Rose scored the next four points to tie the game at 101.
The Raptors got the lead back to four on a shot by Lowry before Porzingis scored on a layup
Lowry made a driving shot to give Toronto a four-point lead.
After a missed shot by Rose with 55 seconds to play, DeRozan made a driving layup with 26.8 seconds left in the game, and when he converted the foul shot the Raptors led by seven points.
NOTES: The Raptors wore replica Toronto Huskies uniforms to honor Toronto's first professional basketball team. The Huskies played the New York Knickerbockers on Nov. 1, 1946, the first game in NBA history, at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. It was the first of six games in which the Raptors will wear blue Huskies uniforms this season. ... Raptors G/F Norman Powell started at small forward Saturday, his first start of the season, although he has played in all nine games. ... Toronto won three of the four games the teams played last season. The Knicks have not won a season series against the Raptors since 2010-2011. ... The Raptors' next game will be Tuesday when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. ... The Knicks will be home to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.