Editing Toronto Raptors (section)

===New York Knicks===
The New York Knicks and the Raptors are divisional rivals.<ref name=closest>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/the-closest-thing-to-a-raptors-rivalry/|title=The closest thing to a Raptors rivalry - Sportsnet.ca|website=Sportsnet.ca|access-date=May 3, 2017|publisher=Rogers Digital Media|last=Smith|first=Eric|date=January 30, 2015|archive-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104013702/http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/the-closest-thing-to-a-raptors-rivalry/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/knicks-renew-rivalry-with-raptors|publisher=FOX News Network|title=Knicks renew rivalry with Raptors|date=February 13, 2013|website=Fox News|access-date=May 4, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072848/http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/02/13/knicks-renew-rivalry-with-raptors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Raptors made their first-ever playoff appearance during the [[1999–2000 Toronto Raptors season|1999–2000 season]], in which they were swept by the Knicks in the first round, 3–0. The [[2000–01 Toronto Raptors season|following season]], the Raptors redeemed themselves, defeating the Knicks in the first round 3–2; this effectively ended the Knicks' run as perennial [[NBA Finals|NBA championship]] contenders, which began in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/1970805|title=1st-Round Rewind: Raptors knock out Knicks in 2001|publisher=Score Media ventures|website=thescore.com|last=Chick|first=John|year=2020|access-date=May 7, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210113038/https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/1970805|url-status=live}}</ref>
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