Rivals

The Toronto Raptors have a contention with both the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets.

New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets

The New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets and the Raptors have been minor opponents since the exchange of Vince Carter to the Nets amid the 2004–05 season. The contention started to warm up as the two groups confronted each other in the opening round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, with the Nets winning the arrangement, 4–2, after a thumbs up shot by Richard Jefferson with 8 seconds left in Game 6 guaranteeing a 98–97 rout for the Raptors. The competition was revived amid the 2013–14 season when the Nets and Raptors struggled for the Atlantic Division. The Raptors won the division last however then confronted the Nets in the opening round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs. Before Game 1 of the arrangement, Raptors GM Masai Ujiri talked at a Raptors rally outside Air Canada Center's Maple Leaf Square. Amid the rally, Ujiri hollered "Screw Brooklyn!" which discovered its direction onto different web based life stages inside minutes. Masai was fined $25,000 by the NBA for the statement and later apologized for the over the top language. The hard-battled arrangement kept going seven diversions, and was chosen in the last seconds when Paul Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry's shot giving the Nets the 104–103 victory.

New York Knicks

The New York Knicks and the Raptors had a playoff contention in 2000 and 2001. The Raptors showed up amid the 1999–2000 season, in which they were cleared by the Knicks in the first round, 3–0. The accompanying season, the Raptors made up for themselves, overcoming the Knicks in the first round 3–2; this adequately finished the Knicks' kept running as enduring NBA title contenders, which started in the mid 1990s.