QUARTER-BY-QUARTER

• First Quarter: Toronto 30, New York 27 … The Raptors connected on 11-of-20 (.550), while New York made nine-of-18 (.500) shots during the opening quarter … The teams combined to go 12-for-12 from the line (both six-of-six) … Steve Francis led all players with 13 points … Anthony Parker had 10 points … Steve Francis made thee-of-three from three-point range … The teams combined for 15 first quarter rebounds (New York nine, Toronto six).
• Second Quarter: New York 32, Toronto 20 … The Knicks shot .545 (12-of-22), while the Raptors shot .500 (nine-of-18) from the field during the second … New York went on a 16-0 run early in the quarter … Eddy Curry made five-of-six from the field and three-of-four from the line for a quarter-best 13 points … No Raptor had more than four points in the frame … Mardy Collins had five assists and four points … New York outscored Toronto 14-2 in points in the paint and 5-0 on second chance points … The Knicks outrebounded Toronto 10-4 … The Raptors had eight turnovers for eight points.
• Third Quarter: Toronto 27, New York 19 … Toronto connected on nine-of-17 (.529) from the field … New York shot .429 (six-of-14) ... Anthony Parker netted eight points, while Eddy Curry and Steve Francis paced the Knicks with six points each … Chris Bosh had four points, four rebounds and three assists … The Knicks had four turnovers for seven points to Toronto’s one (zero points) … The teams combined for 15 personal fouls (New York eight, Toronto seven).
• Fourth Quarter: Toronto 30, New York 27 … Toronto made 12-of-24 (.500) from the field and the Knicks made eight-of-17 (.471) … Chris Bosh had nine points in the quarter ... Eddy Curry and Steve Francis had seven points a piece to lead the Knicks … New York had five turnovers (six points), while Toronto had one (two points) … The Raptors outscored the Knicks 8-0 in fast break points.

HIGHLIGHTS

• With the win Toronto ties the franchise record for wins in a season (47, 2000-01) and clinches third place in the Eastern Conference – the highest in franchise history … The Raptors improve to 30-10 at home this season … New York falls to 13-27 on the road this season and 32-48 overall.
• The victory extends Toronto’s seven-game home winning streak … The Raptors’ six-game win streak is the team’s longest since March 22 - April 9, 2002 (nine games) … Toronto’s seven April wins tie the franchise-high (three times – 1999, 20001, 2002).
• This is the third time this season Toronto has tied (eight – Dec.) or surpassed (nine – Feb.) the record for wins in a particular month.
• Including tonight, Toronto has entered the half trailing each of the past seven games and has won six of them (April 2 at Miami, 92-89).
• Toronto has won seven straight at home with an average score of 101.8 – 90.3.
• The two teams combined to shoot .507 (76-for-150) from the field after Toronto and Detroit combined to go 62-for-164 (.378) on Friday.
• New York outrebounded Toronto 38-26 … The 26 rebounds are a Raptors season-low (27, twice – last: April 4 at Orlando) and a Knicks opponent season-low (28, April 4 vs. Philadelphia)
• Fast break points: Toronto 16, New York 0 … Second chance points: New York 12, Toronto 4
• Chris Bosh registered a team highs of 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists … The seven assists are a season-high (six, four times – last: Feb. 28 at Houston) … Bosh’s franchise record streak of 10 consecutive double-doubles came to an end … This is the first game since March 18 that a Raptor has failed to register a double-double (12 games).
• Anthony Parker scored 19 points on six-of-12 from the field, including three-of-eight from three-point range … Parker also had seven rebounds and three assists … Parker is averaging 20.5 points and shooting .528 (38-for-72) from the field over the past six games.
• Joey Graham registered his sixth consecutive double-digit scoring game with a career high-tying 19 points (four times – last: April 8 vs. Chicago) … Graham is averaging 15.0 points over the past six games and shooting .516 (33-for-64) from the field and .875 (21-of-24) from the line.
• Jose Calderon scored 18 points on eight-of-17 from the floor … Calderon added six assists.
• Eddy Curry had game-high 30 points (11-17 FG, 8-10 FT) and averaged 18.8 points and 6.8 rebounds on .540 (27-of-50) from the field in four games versus Toronto this season.
• Steve Francis netted 28 points (8-14 FG, 3-5 3FG, 9-11 FT) and a game high-tying eight rebounds in 47:21 minutes.
• Mardy Collins tallied 12 points and a game-high 11 assists en route to his second career double-double … Collins added a game high-tying eight rebounds in 47:21 minutes.
• Malik Rose had a season-high 18 points (10, twice – last: Jan. 2 at Sacramento) and seven rebounds.