Game day: New York Knicks at Raptors
SCOTIABANK ARENA
TIPOFF: 3 p.m. TV: Sportsnet One RADIO: Sportsnet 590 The FAN
PROBABLE STARTERS
New York: Damyean Dotson, Tim Hardaway Jr., Frank Ntilikina, Mitchell Robinson, Noah Vonleh
Toronto: Kyle Lowry, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam, Serge Ibaka
KEY PLAYERS
Hardaway Jr./Green Hardaway suffered a back injury against the Washington Wizards on Sunday, did not play Monday against the Chicago Bulls — then put up 34 points, including 27 in the second half, in Wednesday’s win over the Atlanta Hawks. Hardaway made a career-high 16 free throws on 20 attempts and is shooting 37.8 per cent from behind the arc. Green, meanwhile, has hit two or more threes in 10 of his first 12 games as a Raptor.
NEED TO KNOW
There’s still no timetable for the return of Knicks star Kristaps
Porzingis, who went down with a torn ACL in February ... The Raptors could be without C.J. Miles (right hip bursitis) ... Jonas Valanciunas goes for his 11th straight game with 10 points or more. He has not played more than 241⁄ 2 minutes in any of those contests ... The Knicks set a franchise record for free-throw attempts against the Hawks with 47 ... Enes Kanter, the Knicks’ second-highest scorer with 15.4 points per game, mostly off the bench.
UP NEXT
The New Orleans Pelicans are in town Monday at 7:30 p.m.