Julius Randle of the New York Knicks shoots the ball against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday in New York City. Photo: VCG

Julius Randle carried the offense, scoring 31 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as the New York Knicks won their ninth NBA straight game by routing the Toronto Raptors 120-103 on Saturday.

The Knicks are in the midst of their longest winning streak in eight years, since they won 13 straight in the 2012-13 NBA season.

R.J. Barrett scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and had 12 rebounds and Derrick Rose chipped in with 19 points for the Knicks, who also won their seventh consecutive home game.

"We're peaking but we can still get a lot better," Randle said. "Obviously offensively we're playing well, but defensively for a full 48 minutes I feel like we can be a lot better."

New York shot 56 percent from the floor and made 16 shots from beyond the arc in front of the pandemic-limited crowd of 1,900 at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks improved to 34-27 on the season and are six and a half games behind the first place Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference. The 12th-place Raptors dropped to 25-35.

Fred VanVleet and O.G. Anunoby scored 27 apiece for Toronto, who saw a four-game winning streak halted. Pascal Siakam poured in 26 points, and VanVleet added 11 assists for the Raptors, who shot 43.4 percent from the floor.

In Dallas, Luka Doncic finished with 18 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks came from behind to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 108-93.

Dallas trailed by 17 points but then seized command in the fourth and stretched their lead to double figures before putting the finishing touches in the stretch drive.

Dwight Powell posted a game-high 25 points and nine rebounds, Dorian Finney-Smith finished with 21 points and ­seven rebounds in the win.

Ben McLemore scored 20 points to lead the Lakers, who shot a dismal 12-for-45 from the three-point range.

Elsewhere, Michael Porter Jr established career bests of 39 points and eight three-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets cruise to a 129-116 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

Nikola Jokic recorded 24 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds as Denver (39-21) won for the 13th time in their past 16 games. P.J. Dozier scored a career-best 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting and JaMychal Green had 10 points for the Nuggets.

D.J. Wilson scored a career-best 25 points for Houston, which lost for the ninth time in the past 10 games and 36th in the last 40.