Chris Bosh had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Jarrett Jack had 17 points and eight assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-88 on Tuesday night for their first three-game win streak this season.
Hedo Turkoglu scored 16 points, and DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani each added 15 as Toronto extended its winning streak over Minnesota to 11 games. The Raptors have not lost to the Timberwolves since a 108-97 home loss on Jan. 21, 2004.
Jack started in place of Jose Calderon (sore left hip), who missed his first game of the season after leaving Saturday's win at Chicago.
Al Jefferson had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Kevin Love scored 18 points for the Timberwolves in his third game since returning from a fractured left hand he sustained in the preseason.
Jonny Flynn scored 17 points, Ryan Gomes had 16 and Damien Wilkins added 10 for the Timberwolves, the third straight Toronto opponent to shoot less than 40 percent.
Trailing 64-63 to begin the fourth, Ramon Sessions gave Minnesota its first lead midway through the second quarter with a pull-up jumper. Jack quickly responded with a layup as Toronto reclaimed the lead for good.
After starting 0 for 17 from 3-point range, Bargnani finally connected from outside with 4:31 left in the fourth, putting the Raptors up 82-77. The shot extended Toronto's NBA-record streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer to 883.
Down 84-78 with 3:38 left, the Timberwolves tied it on a layup by Jefferson, two free throws from Gomes and a baseline jumper by Love. But on their next possession, a sloppy bounce pass by Flynn led to a breakaway dunk for Turkoglu. Flynn missed a jumper on the next trip, and Toronto's Antoine Wright hit a 3-pointer in the corner, putting the Raptors up 89-84 with 1:03 remaining.
Bosh had eight points and seven rebounds as Toronto led 23-20 after one quarter.
Both teams struggled in the second, with the Raptors shooting 3 for 14 and the Timberwolves shooting 6 for 23. Jack made all six of his free throw attempts in the second as Toronto extended its lead to 43-35 at the half.
Toronto continued to shoot poorly in the third, going 7 for 22, yet still led by 11, 63-52, with 2:45 left in the quarter. Minnesota ended the third on an 11-1 run, cutting it to 64-63 heading into the fourth.
NOTES: Flynn, from nearby Niagara Falls, N.Y., left tickets for a busload of more than 20 family and friends. ... The Raptors wore the blue and white uniforms of the 1946 Toronto Huskies of the Basketball Association of America, the first of six games this season they'll wear them. The Timberwolves wore their original 1989 jerseys. ... Minnesota F Nathan Jawai, who played for Toronto last season, did not travel with the team because of an illness.
