Related: Box Score | Photo Gallery | Recap | Game Rap Video: Game Highlights | Triano | Calderon | A. Johnson | DeRozan | Bargnani | T. Johnson More Video: JuJu Gets Down | Jose To Sonny | Il Mago Reverse | Davis With Determination | Money Weems Follow: Twitter | Facebook | RaptorSpace Mike Ulmer - Raptors.com February 4, 2011 If not now, when. If not us, who? Your browser does not support iframes. For the Toronto Raptors, the answer to those questions for the first time in 24 days is as follows: Now and us. The Raptors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-100 at Air Canada Centre, Friday, easing by a team that had been delivering a nine per cent winning percentage on the road. That?s nine as in a half Gretzky. It turns out us is Andrea Bargnani who scored 30 points and point guard Jose Calderon who recorded 19 assists to tie the team record he shared with Damon Stoudamire. Us is Amir Johnson scoring 19 points on 10 shots, hauling in a dozen boards and even adding half a dozen assists. ?Amir was unbelievable,? said Raptors? coach Jay Triano. ?That was almost the perfect line (in the boxscore) for a power forward.? Us is a 20-point night for DeMar DeRozan and 54 minutes on the floor for Ed Davis, Trey Johnson (a much needed 10 points) and Julian Wright. Some of us aren?t really well known. The Raptors were nearly at the point of throwing empty uniforms unto the court. Linas Kleisa, you may have heard, is gone for a year or so. Reggie Evans? gimpy foot, Leandro Barbosa?s bad hamstring and Jerryd Bayless sprained knee left Triano to build a log cabin with toothpicks and spit. The win stopped the Raptors losing streak at 13 games. It was the second-longest losing streak in team history. Now, the Timberwolves entered the game at 11-37. The Raps, meanwhile, dragged a 13-37 record into the contest but somebody had to win the damned thing. When you are a young team decimated by injury, it can take a herculean effort just to avoid infamy. Calderon played...
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