The Raptors shot lights out for the game as they finished the game shooting 53 percent from the field and going 11-22 from three.

” You have to give them credit, they shot the living daylights out of us,” Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. We didn’t make them feel us out at all.

Andrea Bargnani led the way for Toronto in the battle of “Italian Stallions” against his fellow countrymen, Danillo Ganillari. Bargnani continued to light up the Knicks every time he plays them as he scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.Bargnani looked to be on a mission on Italian Heritage Night right from the get go. Andrea scored 14 points in the first quarter and knocked down all four of his three point shots. He also added a monster dunk that had the Raptors bench in a frenzy.

“Bargnani had an unbelievable first half,” Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. Having said that, we started out very cold. We’re missing open shots, lay-ups, and everything. It took us a while to get into it. It’s stating the obvious, but that was the game.”

Chris Bosh, one of several high profile free-agents-to-be, added 18 points. After Bargnani’s great first quarter, Jose Calderon matched him with a second quarter that was just as great. Calderon took over the game at that point as he scored 14 of his season high 21points on 6 for 8 shooting on the field. Calderon’s three point jumper with just under 6 minutes left into the first half gave Toronto a 56-28 lead. The 28 point lead was the largest in the game for Toronto.

“Bargnani was on track and Calderon shot the ball great from the field,” David Lee said. “I’d say those are the two that hurt us the most. We came out and our jump shots aren’t coming down, tough first quarter.

Lee had himself another terrific game despite the difficult circumstances that troubled him this week.   Lee nearly had himself a triple double with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists after playing one day after the funeral for his 92-year-old grandfather, E. Desmond Lee.

” I felt pretty fatigued going into tonight,” Lee said. Just got done traveling, it’s going to be another rough one tomorrow. We just had to give everything we had for the team tonight.

Al Harrington dropped a game-high 31 points off the bench for the Knicks, who lost for the third time in four games. Danillo Ganillari scored 26 points and was 5-for-10 from beyond the arc.

After a slow start that saw Danillo miss all four his first quarter shots, he would find his game after that in the second. Gallinari hit three straight shots on three consecutive trips down the floor including a scoop shot, 3-pointer and another jumper. Gallinari hit a three at the buzzer to finish the first half with 13 points but the Knicks were down 67-43.

New York finally found their way in the second half as they were able to trim 28 point lead all the way to nine in the third quarter after Al Harrington’s three pointer with 32 seconds left. However, DeMar DeRozan scored the final four points of the quarter and gave the Raprtos a 93-80 lead after the three.

But New York would not go down without a fight cut it to 93-85 on a 3-pointer from Nate Robinson early in the fourth. But that was as close the Knickerbockers would get as Jose Calderon hit back-to-back jumpers to push the lead back to 99-85.

New York will travel to Detroit tomorrow night in the first game of a home and home with them. The Pistons will come to the Garden on Monday afternoon in the Knicks annual Martin Luther King Jr. game. The Knicks blew out the Pistons the last time they played with a 104-87 victory.

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