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The Toronto Raptors will pay a visit to the New York Knicks Sunday at Madison Square Garden. Tyler Johnson Jersey . The Raptors are 6-3 on the road and have won four of their last six games, including Fridays 106-94 triumph at home versus the Indiana Pacers. Lou Williams scored 26 points off the bench and the Toronto reserves tallied a season-high 64 points. Watch all the action LIVE on TSN2 beginning at 7pm et/4 pm pt. Toronto is 5-0 when Williams has 20-plus points. James Johnson and Greivis Vasquez scored 13 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench and Patrick Patterson added 11 in a reserve role. Jonas Valanciunas led the starters with 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Kyle Lowry posted nine points for the Raptors. I thought our defensive effort was there tonight. We played great defense, said Vasquez. The Raptors outrebounded Indiana 52-39 and are 4-3 without star guard DeMar DeRozan (groin). They sit second in the NBA with 108.4 points per game and have a 10-1 mark against teams with a record below .500. Lowry is averaging 21.0 points and 10.0 assists in December. The Knicks ended a 10-game slide with Fridays 101-95 win at Boston in the conclusion of a three-game road trip (1-2). Rumors of in-house fighting between players and problems with first-year head coach Derek Fisher filled the headlines during New Yorks skid, but the team was able to stick together. Carmelo Anthony allegedly had issues with reserve guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and scored 22 points. Amare Stoudemire had 20 points and Hardaway ended with 16 for the Knicks, who shot 49.4 percent and won for the first time since Nov. 22 versus Philly. We had the will to win tonight. A total team win, said Anthony, who missed Wednesdays loss against San Antonio with a lingering knee issue. New York is back home for two straight versus Toronto and Dallas, and has a 3-9 record at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks have lost four in a row at home. In injury news for the Knicks, guard J.R. Smith (foot) is questionable Sunday and guard Iman Shumpert (shoulder dislocation) is out. Shumpert suffered the injury against the Celtics and Smith will be listed as day-to-day if he does not play Sunday. For us to lose another guy on our team, its another blow to us, Anthony told the New York Post. Guys stepped up big time in place of Shump and were going to need that regardless if J.R. is playing, Shump is playing or Im playing. We are going to need guys to step up. The Knicks are scoring just 94.0 ppg this season and will need to boost that number in order to stay competitive with high-scoring Toronto. The Knicks and Raptors will play the first of four meetings this evening, and the Atlantic foes split four games last season. DeRozan will be missed Sunday and he posted an average of 20.0 points, 4.5 boards and 3.0 assists in four games against the Knicks in 2013-14. Anthony played in only one game and posted 30 points and eight rebounds. Glen Rice Jersey . Lisicki beat South African Chanelle Scheepers by a 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) margin. Next up for the Wimbledon runner-up will be Slovenian Polona Hercog, who outlasted Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Hassan Whiteside Jersey .5 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, a deal that covers his final two arbitration seasons.VANCOUVER -- Canadian star striker Christine Sinclair will get a chance to make history again Saturday. Sinclair will lead her Portland Thorns squad against American icon Abby Wambachs host Western New York Flash in the first National Womens Soccer League final in Rochester, N.Y. "At the beginning of the year, this was our goal," said Sinclair of reaching the championship game. "With it being the first NWSL final, we want to make history and win it." The contest will be the first meaningful battle between Sinclair and Wambach since the 2012 London Olympics a little over a year ago. Sinclair recorded a hat-trick against the Americans in the Olympic semifinals, but was heartbroken after Wambach scored the tying goal on a controversial penalty-kick before the Americans prevailed 4-3 on Alex Morgans winning goal in extra time. The U.S. went on to win gold while the Canadians earned bronze. It was Canadas first Olympic medal in womens soccer and the first medal earned by Canadians at the Summer Games in a traditional team sport since 1936 in Berlin. "Obviously, weve played each other so many times over the years," said Sinclair. "I think this is the first time weve played each other in a professional league final, so it should be fun." Wambachs Western New York squad rates as the favourite after finishing first in the eight-team NWSL with a 10-4-8 record. Sinclairs Portland club finished in a tie with FC Kansas City as both clubs posted identical 11-6-5 marks. Kansas City took second after recording a better goal differential. But the Thorns earned some revenge in the semifinals as they overcame a 2-0 deficit and beat Kansas City last weekend. "Weve been through some adversity, and we know how to handle it," said Sinclair. The NWSL is a joint venture between the Canadian, U.S., and Mexican soccer federations. Organized and administered by the U.S. federation, the league is designed to develop international-calibre talent and give Canadian, American and Mexican national team players a high level of competition leading up to the 2015 Womens World Cup and next Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. The U.S. federation has subsidized the salaries of 23 players while the Canadian and Mexican governing bodies are each funding 16. The NWSL fformed after the Womens Professional Soccer league folded in January 2012, a day after Canada and the U. Udonis Haslem Jersey. S. qualified for the 2010 Olympics through a CONCACAF tournament in Vancouver. "I think the league has been a huge success," said Sinclair. "And, I know, for Canada, its nice to have more players in the same professional league." The NWSL, she added, has given young kids a chance to dream of becoming Canadian national team players. In wake of the collapse of WPS and another fledgling womens circuit, she hopes the NWSL will be able to "stick around" and "absolutely" hopes to play in it for the next few years. Sinclair, who starred for the University of Portland during her collegiate career, has also found personal and career satisfaction since returning to play in the Oregon city, "the only place" in the league in which she wanted to work. "Ever since attending university there, I never left," she said. "Its been home for me." Now, after the Thorns led the league in attendance with an average crowd of 13,320 per game, she hopes to reward Thorn followers and staff by bringing home a title. Sinclair, Portlands captain, scored eight goals goals and added two assists in 20 regular-season games, but she was upstaged by Morgan, who led the Thorns with eight goals and five assists in 18 contests before being sidelined with a minor knee injury late in the season. Sinclair is one of two Canadians on the Thorns, along with Karina LeBlanc of Maple Ridge, B.C., who will start in goal Saturday. Sinclair has enjoyed being able to play with another member of Canadas national squad. "She brings this attitude," said Sinclair. "Its an attitude thats really calm, also business all the time. Shes just a blast to be around every day." Notes: Wambachs scheduled face-off with American teammate Morgan has drawn considerable hype. ... LeBlanc has posted seven shutouts this season. ... 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