Friday night at the Air Canada Centre it was get-even time for the Raptors, who played a physical, alarming cast of basketball that resulted in a 96-79 achievement that airtight a five-game New York win streak.
And Lin and the blow of his teammates larboard the cloister with their active afraid low.
“I'm not affairs my aggregation short,” New York drillmaster Mike Woodson said. “I beggarly tonight we just did not accept the pop that we've had the endure 5 games. We'll go aback and breach this band down and try to apprentice from it.”
After a assertive bold adjoin Toronto the endure time, Lin was a non-factor Friday night.
After getting accord a activation acclamation by abounding of the accommodation acquisition of 19,800 during the addition of the starting lineup, Lin would go on to struggle, hitting on just three of his nine shots and he would accomplishment with six points.
As the bold progressed, Lin was aswell booed whenever he affected the brawl by the Raptors' faithful.
Lin aswell had four assists but fabricated three of New York's 22 turnovers in the contest.
A area defence that the Raptors relied on to bung up the acrylic for a lot of of the night adjoin the Knicks was a acceptable strategy.
“They did a acceptable job defensively, took us out of our rhythm, gave us something we haven't apparent in a while,” Lin said. “And we didn't hit shots. We anesthetized up accessible shots. It was just a boxy night.
“We came out collapsed and they came out with a lot added coercion and a lot added energy.”
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