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Monday 10 april 2017

Raptors beat Knicks 110-97, assured of top-3 seed in East

BRIAN MAHONEY told the guys remember process and the progress
AP Basketball Writer how this felt, (who) had that we made over the
NEW YORK (AP) — The To- a tough time getting go- years.”
ronto Raptors know they ing because that’s prob- Rookie Willy Hernangomez
are headed for another ably going to be the game tied his career high with
wake-up call, no matter we have,” coach Dwane 24 points and grabbed 11
how much they would like Casey said. rebounds for the Knicks,
to sleep in. The Raptors pulled away in who despite playing with-
They’ve had the noon start the fourth quarter to reach out most of their top play-
on the opening day of the 50 victories for the second ers trailed only 76-75 after
NBA playoffs the last few straight season. They can three. But Toronto broke it
years and expect it again. still finish second if they open behind the 3-point
So while playing some no- beat Cleveland in their line and won its third
name Knicks on Sunday regular-season finale and straight.“I think they picked
might not get them ready Boston loses its final two. it up defensively and they
for the caliber of competi- Kyle Lowry had 17 points put more pressure on us.
tion, at least it provided a and 11 assists for the Rap- They are a great team, a
glimpse of the timing. tors, who swept the Knicks playoff team and that’s
DeMar DeRozan scored for the first time since 2009- how we learned today,”
35 points and the Raptors 10 in a strong follow-up to Hernangomez said. “When
overcame a slow start to their franchise-record 56- the other team puts more
wrap up at least the No. 3 win finish last season. pressure we have to learn
seed in the Eastern Confer- “A lot of teams don’t get how we have to improve
ence with a 110-97 victory the opportunity just to win our defense and offense at
over New York. 50 games,” DeRozan said. that point of the game.”
“We’ve got to get our bod- “For us to do it back-to- The three victories have
ies and minds ready and I back years just shows the come since Lowry returned

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