NBA Summer League recap: Minnesota Timberwolves 81, Toronto Raptors 79
Raptors sign Fred VanVleet, point guard impressed in Summer League
Tyus Jones' two late free throws send Wolves past Raptors and into Summer League semifinals
Summer League Cinderella: #24 seed Wolves take down #1 Raptors
NBA Summer League recap: Minnesota Timberwolves 81, Toronto Raptors 79
Tyus Jones hit two free throws with .4 seconds remaining as the Minnesota Timberwolves scored their most improbable victory in their unexpected run in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League tournament Saturday, beating Toronto 81-79.Trailing the top-seeded and unbeaten Raptors by as many as 14 points in a quarterfinal game, Minnesota chipped away and eventually tied the game at 70 with 4:12 to play.Toronto scored the next six points and the Wolves followed with a 9-0 run before the Raptors' Norman Powell tied it with a 3 with 20 seconds left.After having the ball knocked away on a drive with 1.1 seconds remaining, Jones was then fouled on a shot, leading to the game-winning free throws.
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Raptors sign Fred VanVleet, point guard impressed in Summer League
Fred VanVleet went to Las Vegas and won big.The Toronto Raptors announced Monday that they've signed the undrafted six-foot, 195-pound point guard to a multi-year contract.He played well through five games for the Raptors in the Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 6.2 points, three rebounds and 1.6 assists in 16 minutes per game.VanVleet spent four years with the Wichita State Shockers, taking the program into the NCAA tournament each year he played there.
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Tyus Jones' two late free throws send Wolves past Raptors and into Summer League semifinals
– Tyus Jones hit two free throws with 0.4 seconds left and the Timberwolves advanced to the semifinals of the NBA Summer League tournament, beating top-seeded Toronto 81-79 on Saturday.The Wolves won their third game in a row, all in the tournament, after starting play in Las Vegas 0-3.The three victories have all come without first-round draft pick Kris Dunn, who again sat out with a concussion suffered last Sunday after he got hit in the jaw by the Raptors' Jakob Poeltl in Toronto's 82-80 victory.In Saturday's rematch, the Wolves trailed 70-63 before going on a 9-0 run, but Toronto tied the score with 20.2 seconds left on Norman Powell's off-balance three-pointer.
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Summer League Cinderella: #24 seed Wolves take down #1 Raptors
The Summer Wolves rallied back in the final minutes to beat the Raptors in the quarterfinals.Tyus Jones did his best Reggie Miller impression to win the game.Perhaps the most exciting part of this game was seeing KAT sit between Tom Thibodeau and Scott Layden for a majority of the contest.Towns was wearing this sweet Metallica sleeveless t-shirt that most people would look ridiculous wearing out in public but KAT can pretty much pull off anything.
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