The news came down about an hour before game time. No Jimmy Butler Saturday night. No Jamal Crawford.
Without Butler and Crawford, with center Karl-Anthony Towns limited by foul trouble to zero points and one rebound in the first half, the Wolves beat the Toronto Raptors 115-109. The Wolves trailed by 11 in the first half. Up 10 in the fourth, the Wolves allowed the Raptors to retake the lead with an 11-0 run.
But, ultimately, the Wolves (30-18) got it done, winning their ninth straight home game.
Towns finished with 22 points and nine rebounds.