The NBA Cup returns to Toronto on Tuesday night, as the Raptors host the New York Knicks in the quarterfinals.
The latest: Toronto is 1-5 straight up in its past six games and 1-8 ATS in its past seven. After getting blown out by New York on the road recently, the Raptors are unsurprisingly home underdogs at Scotiabank Arena.
Check out these Knicks vs. Raptors predictions for the game on Dec. 9, featuring a prop bet on Jalen Brunson.
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Knicks vs. Raptors predictions
Best bet: Knicks -4.5 (-110)
The Raptors are coming back to Earth after taking off on a rocket ship to open the season.
- Over the past two weeks, Toronto has been on a seven-game ATS losing streak.
- The team is 2-5 SU in that span with a -8.5 net rating (26th in the NBA). At home, the Raps have lost three in a row.
- Toronto has failed to cover a +4.5 spread in four of its past six games — and it was favoured in two of those.
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In the same two-week span that the Raptors have been slumping, the Knicks have been surging.
Since Nov. 25, New York is 6-1 SU and ATS. The team also has the No. 1 net rating in that time (+15.2).
Karl-Anthony Towns (calf) is questionable to play tonight after missing Sunday’s game. But he did practice on Monday, which is a positive sign that he’ll be able to return.
New York dusted Toronto, 116-94, at Madison Square Garden when they squared off at the end of November. Since December 2023, the Knicks are 8-1 ATS (9-0 SU) vs. the Raptors.
The Knicks covered this spread vs. the Magic on Sunday with KAT, and I think they’ll do it again whether or not the big man plays.
Key stat: Toronto has the NBA’s worst true shooting percentage and the sixth-worst turnover rate in the past two weeks.
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Additional NBA prop predictions
Brunson under 2.5 threes (-104): Brunson doesn’t have to have a big night from beyond the arc for the Knicks to win by margin.
After all, he went 1-for-6 from 3-point land in New York’s 22-point win over Toronto less than two weeks ago.
-> Fade Jalen Brunson from 3-point range vs. the Raptors
Brunson has gone under this 3s total in five of his past seven games. He’s shooting 34.0% from deep in that span, which isn’t atrocious, but he’s also only attempting 6.7 threes per night.
Toronto is allowing the third-lowest 3PT% in the NBA (33.3), as well as the seventh-fewest makes.
In his past four games against the Raptors, Brunson is 4-for-22 from deep. This under cashed in all four of those matchups.
Knicks vs. Raptors prop picks made at 9:35 a.m. ET on Dec. 9, 2025.
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