导出博客文章TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors pushed aside the
Minnesota Timberwolves -- again.With Toronto down 95-94 with 8:46 left, DeRozan
and Lowry keyed a 17-4 Raptors run that took the game away from the youthful
Timberwolves. Toronto eventually pulled out a 124-110 victory, handing Minnesota
its 13th straight loss at the Air Canada Centre.We just picked it up, DeRozan
said. We kicked in our experience of understanding how we have to win games. We
cant underestimate a team like that that plays extremely hard.DeRozan had a
team-high 27 points for the Raptors, Lowry added 25 points with 11 assists, and
Jonas Valanciunas registered his team-leading sixth double-double on 20 points
and 10 rebounds.We just have guys that are used to it, trying to come through at
the end of games and sticking with the game plan and sticking with the course of
action, Lowry said.After Toronto fell behind 11-2, coach Dwane Casey sat all his
starters except for DeRozan in an attempt to get kick-start his team into
action. Toronto still trailed by 10 at the end of the first quarter, but it sent
a message.We can be a good team, but we cant be special if we allow things to
happen that happened in the first two quarters, Casey said.His counterpart, Tom
Thibodeau, shared that sentiment, especially after seeing his team enter the
final 12 minutes with the lead, 89-88. However, the Timberwolves could only
shoot 38.9 percent in the final quarter, allowing the Raptors to outscore them
36-21.I thought the first three quarters were very good, connected, making the
right reads, right plays, ball movement and screening a lot of good things
happened, Thibodeau said. Then in the fourth quarter we got away from that.Zach
LaVine led all Timberwolves scorers with 29 points, while Andrew Wiggins,
playing in his homtown for the third time in the NBA, had 25.However, the loss
didnt take off too much of the shine playing in front of family and friends for
the Canadian, who is still waiting for his first taste of NBA victory on home
soil.We need to get that first win here for it to be really good, but its always
good to play back home, he said.TIP-INSTimberwolves: Minnesota fell to 2-14 when
allowing 100 or more points. The Timberwolves have had double-digit first-half
leads in 11 of their 22 games. The 37 points that Toronto scored in the second
quarter were the most Minnesota has given up in a second quarter this
season.Raptors: Wore their blue-and-white Toronto Huskies uniforms for the
second time this season. Uniforms are replicas of those worn by the Huskies
during the NBAs inaugural season in 1946-47. DeRozan played his 543rd game for
the Raptors, breaking a tie with Morris Peterson for the most in team history.
Toronto successfully converted 10-or-more 3-pointers for an eighth straight
game, extending its franchise record. Raptors are 10-1 this season when Carroll
scores 10 or more points.HE SAID ITAll his shots are lucky. To me its a bad
shot. -- DeRozan jokingly about Lowry, who with 5:41 to go in the third quarter
drained a 31-foot jump shot, one of the five 3-pointers he had on the night.RING
IT UPBefore the opening tip-off, USA Basketball mens national team director Sean
Ford presented DeRozan and Lowry with their Team USA Olympic championship rings.
The pair helped the U.S. win its third straight gold medal in August.UP
NEXTTimberwolves: Host Detroit on Friday night.Raptors: At Boston on Friday
night.
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of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. Jets start a six game home stand Friday
with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars.
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Buy . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being
paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. Jordan Lewis is
not angry with Hawthorn, but his manager concedes there is a chance the
four-time premiership star could still play for Melbourne next year.Lewis, 30,
was believed to be taken aback by a post-season conversation with Alastair
Clarkson where the coach urged him to consider his playing future beyond next
season - the last year of his current contract with the club.However, after news
of Sam Mitchells shock trade to West Coast emerged last week, the club moved to
clarify that Lewis was a contracted and required player.But his manager, Liam
Pickering, had already made an approach to the Demons by then.Theres no issues
... hes not filthy, hes not angry, Pickering told SEN on Saturday.(He) is a
professional, hes the vice-captain of the club, finished second in the
best-and-fairest last week, whatever happens will happen.Hes a Hawthorn player
at the moment, so theres a good chance that hell be a Hawthorn player because
hes contracted to Hawthorn.ddddddddddddI need to keep working through it with
Jordan and well see where it goes.Theres no timeline.Hawthorn have been busy in
this years AFL trade and free agency periods.They have signed unrestricted free
agent key forward Ty Vickery from Richmond, traded in Tom Mitchell from Sydney
and shipped former skipper Sam Mitchell off to the Eagles.They also engineered a
swap of draft picks with St Kilda that left them with the Saints first-round
pick this year - the 10th selection overall.Gold Coast star Jaeger OMeara
remains a key trade target and Lewis may yet end up in Melbourne colours next
season as the club seeks to clear salary cap space.Well wait and see how it all
unfolds, Pickering said.But Im having good dialogue with Melbourne and also the
Hawks. ' ' '
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