The Raptors started the game the right way as they had 17 assists on their first 18 baskets and for first time in a very very very long time the Raptors actually won all 4 quarters of the game and had a lot of defensive stops in the second and fourth quarters on their way to a 11 point win 111-100. This was noticeable especially in the second quarter after the TimberWolves finished off a first quarter run that started when the Raptors were up 27-19 and when it was over in the second quarter the Wolves were up 39-35 which was a big 20-8 run and the Raptors ended the half on a 24-16 which gave the Raptors a 59-55 half time lead. In the first quarter DeMar was 5 for 5 from the floor with 10 points while Andrea Bargnani was 4 for 6 from the floor and had 9 points in the quarter and 13 in the half while Calderon had 6 assists after quarter 1 and 10 at half with 4 turnovers by half too and Kevin Love had 7 points and 6 boards in the first quarter and Milicic had 7 points too and Love had 7 points in the second quarter too to give him 14 in the half. Amir Johnson had 8 points and 5 boards in the first half and 11 points and 7 boards in the second half to give him 19 points and 12 boards in the game while Jose Calderon had 9 assists in the second half to give him a franchise tying 19 assists in the game while Bargnani over the second and third quarter he went 4 of 14 from the floor but had 24 points (6 for 6 from the line). DeMar DeRozan had 20 points in the game and 5 boards while Bargnani 30 points and 5 boards while Love had 6 points and 9 boards in the second half to give him 20 and 15 in the game while Carlos Brewer and Darko Milicic chipped in with 15 points and Sebastian Telfair had 16 points for the TimberWolves. Sonny Weems also had 16 points so that all starters had decent games and the Raptors out boarded (40-39) with help from Ed Davis with 8 the TimberWolves and Calderon out assisted (19 (35) - 18) them too as the Raptors took their first win in 14 games even though it was against a team with less wins than the Raptors (11-14) and had only 2 wins on the road this season and now the Raptors have until Tuesday to saver the victory and work on their game (hopefully) for when they head to face the Bucks.
Raptors actually win a game amazing
Tom Mehegan
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