Game Highs - Raptors Clash Up North - Timberwolves

Ricky Rubio dreams to help make on yet another remarkable operation while his Minnesota Timberwolves head north on the border Monday to adopt around the Toronto Raptors.

The rookie issue shield concluded with 13 points, a new career-high 14 facilitates along with six rebounds in a 93-72 rout within Washington with Sunday. Kevin Love totaled activity highs with 20 items and of sixteen rebounds with regard to their eighth directly double-double because Minnesota kept the actual Wizards winless.

Derrick Williams obtained 14 points for any Timberwolves, which snapped a two- game slide plus won for once driving the following season. Wayne Ellington and Luke Ridnour put in tough luck points apiece seeing that send Michael Beasley missed the action which has a sprained appropriate foot.

"From your quite start, many of us set this tempo. Everybody contributed during both concludes in the floor. It was not some guy," explained Minnesota travel coach Rick Adelman. "We wanted to get the primary road win with the year below our belt and also see if we are able to develop on that."

After tonight the actual Timberwolves could surface your back-to-back-to-back stretch out within Minneapolis next to Chicago with Tuesday.

The Raptors, meanwhile, shall be using the initial regarding three video games within as numerous hours establishing tonight.

Toronto, that can as well face Washington as well as Sacramento within the upcoming couple of days, is usually on its way off a 97-62 rout on the palms regarding Philadelphia on Saturday. It has been the Raptors lowest-scoring adventure because a good 82-62 loss to help Milwaukee with Nov. 23, 2003.

Andrea Bargnani ended by using 21 details and 11 rebounds for that Raptors, whom not been as successful by way of filming 29.3 per cent (12-of-41) inside last 24 minutes. Amir Johnson had twelve items in addition to 14 boards, however the rest of the crew bundled for 29 points upon 13-of-55 shooting (23.6 percent).

"I concept inside the first 50 percent some of our frame of mind had been good. I concept from the finally it had been more mental in addition to physical fatigue," Raptors guru Dwane Casey said.

Toronto has gained tough luck associated with 14 over Minnesota relationship returning to 2004-05, however the Wolves would defeat that Raptors 103-87 at Target Center with Jan. 29. Minnesota, however, holds while in the midst of a seven- game drought with Air Canada Centre.