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NEW YORK (AP) — Plenty of DeMar DeRozan and plenty of defense.

That’s how it will have to be for the Toronto Raptors without Kyle Lowry.

”It’s going to take a village to win,” coach Dwane Casey said.

DeRozan made a turnaround jumper with 1.9 seconds remaining, finishing with 37 points and leading the Raptors to a 92-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night.

The Raptors won their fourth in a row after learning earlier in the day that Lowry will have right wrist surgery that could sideline him the rest of the regular season.

Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points for the Knicks, but finished a 9-for-26 night when he missed a long jumper as time expired, tossing his headband in disgust.

Newcomers Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker were on the floor down the stretch as the Raptors clawed back from a 17-point, first-half deficit. Ibaka finished with 15 points, helping Toronto limit New York to 38 second-half points.

Toronto moved percentage points ahead of Washington for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors host the Wizards on Wednesday.

Derrick Rose and Courtney Lee each scored 16 points for the Knicks, who waived Brandon Jennings on Monday and learned Joakim Noah will have knee surgery that will knock him out for at least three weeks.

If there’s going to be a playoff push, it will be without two key veterans signed last summer.

”The grind don’t stop,” Anthony said. ”Like I said, it’s unfortunate what happened with Brandon, it’s unfortunate what happened with Jo, but the grind don’t stop and we can’t stop because of that.”

The Knicks led by 17 in the first half and 53-40 at halftime, but the Raptors limited them to 14 points in the third quarter to pull to 67-63. Toronto then got the first eight points of the fourth against the Knicks’ stagnant second unit, taking a 71-67 lead and forcing Anthony and Rose to re-enter with 9:25 remaining.

”A sense of urgency kicked in,” DeRozan said. ”You never want to lose. When you get down a lot like that, you want to pick it up and fight a lot harder. It’s a bad thing to get down that much, but it just shows you the fight we have.”

It went back and forth from there, with Lee’s 3-pointer giving the Knicks a 92-91 lead with 10.6 seconds to play. But the Raptors got the ball to DeRozan, who spun left and launched his jumper while falling away.

TIP-INS

Raptors: Toronto has won the last six meetings. … Casey needs one win for 300 has an NBA coach. … DeRozan has scored 20 or more in eight straight games against the Knicks.

Knicks: The Knicks said Noah would be re-evaluated in three to four weeks. … Lance Thomas scored 12 points.

LOSING LOWRY

On Sunday, Casey said the swelling in Lowry’s wrist was down and said the point guard was day-to-day. The Raptors listed him as questionable in their game notes Monday, but surgery was recommended after he got a second opinion Monday . Lowry said he wasn’t really surprised because he didn’t know what to expect.

”I had no idea what it would be,” he said. ”I thought some local treatment may have helped it but it just wasn’t getting any better.”

PLAYING TIME, NOT PLAYING STYLE

Jennings’ departure came a day after Phil Jackson confidante Charley Rosen wrote on Fanragsports.com that Jennings “resists the triangle” and is a ”profound disappointment” because of his erratic play.

The Knicks have focused since the break on playing more triangle, Jackson’s preferred offense, while Jennings thrives in playing faster.

But coach Jeff Hornacek said Jennings only wanted to play more, not differently.

”Brandon obviously wanted to play more minutes here,” Hornacek said. ”With Derrick out there, it made it awfully tough, so maybe this gives him an opportunity to get somewhere where he can play some more minutes.”

UP NEXT

Raptors: Host Washington on Wednesday. Toronto has won eight straight meetings.

Knicks: Visit the Magic on Wednesday, their first of two trips to Orlando in a seven-day span.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson, Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher and a first-team All-Pro pick in four of his 10 seasons with the Vikings, will be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career when the market opens next week.

The Vikings as expected said Tuesday they will not exercise their option for 2017 on Peterson’s contract, which called for him to make $18 million. That would have been an unwieldly hit to their salary cap and by far the highest figure in the NFL for a running back. Pittsburgh’s decision to place the franchise tag on Le’Veon Bell will likely mean a $12 million-plus salary for the 25-year-old, but nobody else at the position in the league is even close.

The Vikings left the door open for Peterson to return to the team that drafted him in 2007 with the seventh overall pick, only at a much lower price. The fact that they announced their decision nine days before the deadline was an indication that little dialogue about a new deal has taken place to date. General manager Rick Spielman told reporters last week that he had not yet spoken at that point to Peterson or his agents about the future.

”Adrian is an important part of the Minnesota Vikings organization,” Spielman said Tuesday. ”We will continue to have conversations with his representatives and leave our future options open while determining what is best for both parties moving forward.”

Peterson’s agent, Ben Dogra, didn’t return messages from The Associated Press. Peterson told ESPN he spoke with Spielman over the weekend.

”It’s been a great 10 years with the Minnesota Vikings. They know what I bring to the organization as a player, with my work ethic and dedication,” Peterson said, according to the network. ”The door is still open to find some common ground. I understand addressing the offensive line is one of their main priorities this offseason. In the meantime, I will explore my other options and see what path God leads me on. My main goal remains the same: to win a Super Bowl championship with a great team, which I also believe we have in Minnesota.”

Peterson has occasionally hinted at interest in playing elsewhere, even cryptically tweeting last week that the New York Giants have intrigued him with their recent moves that included releasing wide receiver Victor Cruz and running back Rashad Jennings to make space under the salary cap. Before the 2014 season, an ESPN profile on Dallas owner Jerry Jones revealed a casual phone conversation between Peterson and Jones during which the running back expressed his desire to one day play for the Cowboys team he grew up rooting for in East Texas.

Peterson, who turns 32 in three weeks, is coming off a meniscus tear in his right knee that limited him to 72 yards on 37 carries over parts of three games in 2016. He suited up only once in 2014 because of the child abuse case he was involved in. Even with the league-leading 1,485 yards he rushed for in 2015 and factoring in his receiving totals, Peterson has cost the Vikings about $18,000 per yard over the last three years. He also has limited passing-game skills that the majority of standout running backs in the league possess, with little experience running out of the shotgun or pistol formations that most teams favor in the current pass-heavy NFL.

In another sobering reminder of the short shelf life for players at this position, Kansas City also released 30-year-old and four-time Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles on Tuesday. Charles is eighth on the active career rushing list; Peterson is second behind Frank Gore.

Since recovering from ACL reconstruction on his left knee to rush for 2,097 yards in 2012 and win the NFL MVP award, Peterson has expressed particular defiance toward the evidence that running backs wear down by age 30. He has long said he believes he can play deep into his 30s.

The Vikings, though, have dire needs on the offensive line to address. This class of running backs in the upcoming draft also is considered one of the deepest in years, a point that Spielman made without prompting in his interview last week.

The betting books in Las Vegas didn’t miss an opportunity to set the market. Bovada pegged Peterson’s return to the Vikings at 5-to-1 odds, trailing only the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3 to 1). The Giants and Chiefs were also set at 5 to 1.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It's an only in Silicon Valley kind of story: A well-to-do private Catholic high school makes a $15,000 investment five years ago in the company developing the Snapchat app, holds onto it for years and ends up with a windfall of $24 million.
One well-connected parent, Barry Eggers, made it happen for the Catholic St. Francis High School by convincing the school's board to take a risk on Snap Inc., which had a blockbuster initial public stock offering Thursday
Snap launched which launched the Shapchat app that teens and young adults love to use to send photos and videos that disappear a few seconds after recipients see them.
Barry Eggers, is a partner at Lightspeed Venture partners, the venture capital firm that invested in Snapchat when its founder was still a student at Stanford University.

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