Timberwolves come back from 18 down to stun Raptors, 117-112

They are two very different individuals but share a common goal: To be the best they can possibly be and take the Raptors further than they have ever gone before. It’s clear that Lowry loves playing in Toronto when he got signed to a team-friendly contract of 4 years and $48 million. In those moments, your life becomes about trying to get him to eat this cereal that’s good for him.

“It’s big”, DeRozan said.

Towns added 11 rebounds, which gave him 30 double-doubles this season. “When you’ve got that going, it’s flawless”.

The Wolves won’t play another real game as a team until a week from Friday in Memphis against the Marc Gasol-less Grizzlies before hosting Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks the next night at Target Center. It’s worth noting that he wasn’t just not favored, but was in fact the longest shot to win the competition according to Vegas.

They make for an odd couple. “They all come in the league thinking they can do everything great”.

The traded prompted DeMar DeRozan and Lowry to take a leadership role. DeRozan is half a foot taller. And for me as a friend – as a friend – and what he did for me during my free agency, I’ll do the same thing. It’s a buzz around me and my family and my friends. “I think that is one of the things that keeps our relationship great”, said Lowry, whose son Karter is friends with DeRozan’s daughter Diar.

In 2014-2015, Lowry continued his strong play and it garnered him his first All-Star appearance. “That’s the biggest thing to get players to understand”.

Lowry did admit he is optimistic about DeRozan sticking around: “Wherever he makes a decision to go – and I’m hoping it’s back here, which I think it’s gonna be – I won’t push him or persuade him or anything”. “I’ve been through so much here, my mindset has never been anywhere else”.

“There are no egos at all, no hidden agendas at all”, DeRozan said.

LaVine, of course, entered All-Star Saturday Night as the favorite by a wide margin in the Slam Dunk Contest, but it was Towns who surprised early, taking home the Skills Challenge crown by besting big-man favorite Draymond Green and DeMarcus Cousins before defeating the diminutive Isaiah Thomas in the final round.

They outscored the Raptors by a score 33-21 in the third frame, and it was one of the better quarters of the season for Ricky Rubio.

Toronto Raptors veterans DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry flew home by chartered flight late Wednesday night to play together for the Eastern Conference in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game back at their Air Canada Centre.

“We’ll see them again, ” Lowry said.

Times are good for the Toronto Raptors, with the city preparing the host the NBA All-Star festivities this weekend.

One reporter was asking all the players if they’d heard of Tim Hortons.

DeRozan knows exactly what he does well and he’s busy perfecting it every year.

People want to root for winners, yes, but they also want to feel like they can hang out with them, have a beer with them (OK in this case none of them can have a beer yet, but you know). But this weekend, Lowry was a sort-of host to his normal conference and division foes in the All-Star Game.