He is a warrior. He wanted to win, shot the ball extremely well. Defensively, he pressured the ball. Williams scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Raptors, who will try to reach the conference semifinals for the first time in franchise history in Game Five on Friday in New York. The fourth-seeded Knicks, who swept the Raptors in the opening round last season, have reached the conference semifinals nine straight years.
Winner plays on and the loser goes home.
Allan Houston scored 27 points and Latrell Sprewell added 24 for New York, which never led after the first six minutes and was pushed to a fifth game in the first round for the third time in four years. They had good ball pressure and we got back on our heels. We never became the aggressor. Knicks center Marcus Camby returned after missing Game Three to attend to family matters. However, he gave the same uninspired performance he had in Game Two, collecting four points, four rebounds and four fouls in 32 minutes.