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Knicks rout Raptors to reach first NBA Cup semis

Published Dec 10, 2025 01:44 pm

At A Glance

  • TORONTO (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 35 points, Josh Hart added 21 and the New York Knicks advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals for the first time in three tries by beating the struggling Toronto Raptors, 117-101, on Tuesday night, Dec. 9.
Toronto Raptors' Jakob Poeltl (19) is stopped at the net by New York Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns (32) and New York Knicks' OG Anunoby (8) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Jakob Poeltl (19) is stopped at the net by New York Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns (32) and New York Knicks' OG Anunoby (8) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 35 points, Josh Hart added 21 and the New York Knicks advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals for the first time in three tries by beating the struggling Toronto Raptors, 117-101, on Tuesday night, Dec. 9.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks, who will face Orlando in the semifinal round at Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Magic reached the semifinals by beating Miami earlier Tuesday.
Towns returned after sitting out Sunday’s home win over Orlando because of tightness in his left calf.
Mikal Bridges scored 15 points for New York and OG Anunoby had 13 against his former team.
The only team to reach the quarterfinals in all three years of the event, the Knicks had lost their previous two appearances by a combined 32 points.
New York is 11-4 all-time in NBA Cup play.
Brunson’s 26 points in the opening half were his most in any half this season.
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points and Jamal Shead had a career-high 18 but the short-handed Raptors lost their fourth straight, all at home.
Scottie Barnes and Ja’Kobe Walter each scored 13 points for the Raptors, and Jakob Poeltl added 10.
Toronto went unbeaten in group stage play with all four wins coming during a stretch that saw the Raptors go 13-1. They’re 1-6 since.
Ingram had 17 in the first quarter but the entire Raptors team couldn’t combine to match that total in the second. Toronto missed 13 of its first 15 shot attempts and finished 5 for 21 in a disastrous frame that saw the Raptors outscored 34-13.
New York led 69-52 at the half.
Neither of Toronto’s former Knicks was available Tuesday. Immanuel Quickley sat because of an illness while RJ Barrett missed his ninth straight game because of a sprained right knee.
Meanwhile in Orlando, Desmond Bane matched his season high with 37 points and the Magic advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals with a 117-108 victory over the Miami Heat.
Jalen Suggs scored 20 points and Paolo Banchero added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Magic, who will play New York on Saturday in the semifinal round at Las Vegas.
Norman Powell led Miami with 21 points. Tyler Herro added 20 and Bam Adebayo and Andrew Wiggins each had 19 for the Heat, who have lost three times in Orlando this season.
Bane hit two 3-pointers and scored on a three-point play in the first 2:06 of the fourth quarter, stretching the Magic's six-point lead to 13. The Heat never got the margin under nine until the final minute.
The Magic played for the first time this season without Franz Wagner, who is expected to be out several weeks with a high ankle sprain.
The Heat made their first six shots and led 15-0 when Herro drove for a layup less than three minutes into the game. But Miami went cold and finished the game 8 for 33 (24.2%) from 3-point range. Herro missed all six of his 3-point attempts, including an open shot that could have cut the margin to four with 37 seconds left.
Bane made 6 of 9 3-pointers and the Magic shot 15 for 32 (46.9%).
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