The Toronto Raptors have struggled mightily since reaching a high-water mark of 28-13 on January 17. Their choppy season continued last night in Minnesota. A dandy 19 & 9 game from DeMarre Carroll was wasted by a sloppy fourth quarter and Kyle Lowry’s off-night from deep.
Just as they did against the Clippers on Monday night, the Raptors were scoring seemingly at will in the first half. Carroll didn’t miss on his 3 tries from distance (he made both his attempts in the second half as well), DeMar DeRozan was on target. Nine players hit the floor, including rookies Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl, and nine players made the scoresheet.