The Knicks will be playing the full four quarters on Monday, but they're expected to have things wrapped up well before that. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Toronto Raptors at 7:30 p.

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Barrett will slide back into the starting lineup, giving the Raptors one of their go-to scorers back. He'll bump rookie first-round pick Ja'Kobe Walter back to the bench after the Texas native dropped 27 points against the Houston Rockets on Sunday. He'll start alongside Barnes, Ochai Agbaji, Jonathan Mogbo, and Gradey Dick.

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Prior to Barrett’s illness, he was having himself a December to remember, putting up 25.1 points while those rebounds jumped up to 7.9 per game over seven outings. That includes hauling down eight boards in a meeting against this same Knicks team in Toronto back on Dec. 9.

The New York Knicks will look to extend their winning streak to five games when they take on the San Antonio Spurs in a 2024 Christmas Day matchup. New York is coming off a 139-125 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday,