Simply call on a couple of friends. The New York Knicks did exactly that on Wednesday night in their 112-98 win over RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and the Toronto Raptors.

The Knicks returned to the win column with a 112-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors, one earned with Karl-Anthony Towns back in the lineup and old friends RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley repping Canada. Thus ends the Knicks' longest losing streak of the season at three and evens things up on this lengthy homestand.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are making a Julius Randle realization that the New York Knicks know all too well, especially with the recent NBA Trade Rumors.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart each posted double-doubles Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who snapped a three-game losing streak by gradually pulling away from the Toronto Raptors for a 112-98 win.

In this new trade proposal by Bill DiFilippo of Uproxx, New York unloads Robinson to land a defensive-minded center in Jakob Poeltl. The deal would be between the Knicks and Toronto Raptors, landing New York one of the better rim protectors in the league.

The Knicks have hovered around the middle of the pack in points allowed per possession all season, but Anunoby is the group’s backbone. New York doesn’t play with a conventional rim protector. Instead it’s on him, along with the other two starting wings, Bridges and Josh Hart, to lock down the perimeter.

TL;DR: Live stream Detroit Pistons vs. New York Knicks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV. The Detroit Pistons head to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Pistons are 20-19, which puts them in eighth place. The Knicks are 26-14, which puts them in third place.

After the Los Angeles Lakers traded Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Nets last month in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, he dropped 22 points off the bench in his season debut with Brooklyn in a 130-113 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 1.

Currently, the Atlanta Hawks (22-20) have six players on the injury report, including Trae Young, in their matchup against the Toronto Raptors (11-32) at State Farm Arena on Thursday, January 23 at 7:30 PM ET.

The Raptors would trail by as many as 21 points, lead by as many as 22 and eventually prevail 109-93. Atlanta figures to present a much more challenging threat. When the Raptors were in the midst of a three-game stretch of futility, the Hawks came to town and lit up the home side for 136 points in a 29-point win.

Counting last year's two big individual performances, this date has been a day when larger-than-life moments happen in the NBA.

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