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03/27 21:07 CDT McBride scores 29, Robinson returns from injury as Knicks rout
reeling Raptors 145-101
McBride scores 29, Robinson returns from injury as Knicks rout reeling Raptors
145-101
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Miles McBride scored 29 points, Jalen Brunson had 26 and the
Knicks never trailed in a 145-101 win over the slumping Toronto Raptors on
Wednesday night, New York's biggest margin of victory this season.
Precious Achiuwa had 19 points and 13 rebounds against his former team as the
Knicks won for the seventh time in eight games, set a season-high for points
and swept the four-game season series with Toronto.
Knicks center Mitchell Robinson played for the first time since suffering a
left ankle injury in December that sidelined him for 50 games. The 7-footer had
not played since he was injured in a Dec. 8 loss at Boston, later undergoing
surgery.
Robinson came off the bench and scored eight points.
Gradey Dick scored a career-high 23 points for Toronto and Gary Trent Jr. had
18 but the short-handed Raptors lost their 12th in a row and fell to 1-13
against Atlantic Division opponents.
The 44-point margin was Toronto's biggest home defeat in franchise history,
eclipsing a 41-point loss to New Orleans on March 5.
McBride, who scored 18 in the first quarter, matched a Knicks record by making
six 3-pointers in the period.
Brunson scored 11 points in the second as the Knicks took an 80-59 halftime
lead. The 80 points was the most the team has scored in a half this season.
Former Raptor OG Anunoby was not available in his return to Toronto because of
the right elbow injury that has kept him out of 22 of the past 25 games.
Knicks guard Alec Burks sat for the second straight game because of a sprained
right shoulder.
Toronto guard Ochai Agbaji landed heavily on his right hip as he and McBride
went up for a lob pass toward New York's basket midway through the first.
Agbaji was helped to the locker room, unable to put weight on his right leg. He
did not return and the Raptors said he suffered a right hip contusion.
Toronto was already without starters and former Knicks RJ Barrett and Immanuel
Quickley, who are still in return-to-competition reconditioning, as well as
injured starters Scottie Barnes (left hand) and Jakob Poeltl (left pinkie).
Raptors center Jontay Porter, who is being investigated by the NBA for alleged
gambling, missed his third straight game.
UP NEXT
Knicks: Visit the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.
Raptors: Host the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.
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