For the first time since the NBA Cup’s inception two years ago, the New York Knicks are heading to Las Vegas. They advanced to the cup semifinals on Tuesday after they defeated the Toronto Raptors 117-101, and they now improve to 17-7 on the season and have won eight of their last nine games.

Jalen Brunson was fantastic yet again for the Knicks

Jalen Brunson always turns up when the lights get brighter, and he did so yet again against the Raptors. Brunson turned in arguably his best performance of the season, and the Raptors simply had no answers for him.

Brunson finished with 35 points on absurd efficiency, shooting 13-for-19 from the floor and 6-for-9 from three. Right away, he was dialed in, scoring 20 of those points in the first quarter and missing only two shots in the period.

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