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“#Poor-shooting Knicks no match for Raptors<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Tom Thibodeau likes to preach that an NBA team still can play well even if it\u2019s not shooting well.<\/p>\n

Still, the Knicks\u2019 wayward shooting performance in their final game<\/a> of 2020 was too disastrous for any team to withstand.<\/p>\n

The squad that surprisingly began the night leading the league in three-point shooting (45.9 percent) connected on just three of 36 attempts from long distance Thursday in a 100-83 loss to the COVID-relocated Toronto Raptors at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n

The Knicks\u2019 starting lineup finished the game an astonishing 0-for-23 from three-point range, including nine straight misses by Reggie Bullock and eight by RJ Barrett. The 0-for-23 from long range by the starters is the most misses without a make by a starting five in NBA history.<\/p>\n

Julius Randle paced the Knicks (2-3) with 16 points and 10 rebounds before he hobbled off the court with what the Knicks said were cramps with 3:24 to play.<\/p>\n

Tampa native Kevin Knox, whose parents were among the estimated 3,800 fans in attendance, added 16 points off the bench. Knox also underwent X-rays on his right hand at halftime, but they came back negative.<\/p>\n

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Norman Powell dunks on Nerlens Noel during the Knicks\u2019 100-83 loss to the Raptors.<\/figcaption>
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With four guards sidelined by injuries, nine-year veteran Austin Rivers totaled seven points and five assists in 21 minutes off the bench in his Knicks debut after missing the entire preseason and the first four games with a groin injury.<\/p>\n

All-Star forward Pascal Siakam was a late scratch for Toronto reportedly for disciplinary reasons; he walked off the court directly to the locker room after he fouled out of Tuesday\u2019s loss to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Fred VanVleet led the Raptors with 25 points and seven assists, while Kyle Lowry scored 20 and Norman Powell added 17 in Toronto\u2019s ninth straight win over the Knicks.<\/p>\n

The Knicks bricked nine of their first 10 shots and shot just 30.4 percent (7-for-24) from the floor in the first quarter, but Knox nailed a couple of late 3-pointers to draw them within four points (22-18) entering the second.<\/p>\n

Rivers, whose father Doc (now the coach of the Philadelphia 76ers) played for the Knicks from 1992-94, noted before the game that the Knicks had been \u201cplaying hard\u201d under Thibodeau in winning their previous two games against Milwaukee and Cleveland. Thibodeau was a member of Doc Rivers\u2019 staff with Boston from 2007-10.<\/p>\n

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