For those of you unable to catch the game last night, you missed a good one (Damn you TSN2!!!!!). I was fortunate enough to witness a "Rudy"-esque underdog makes good story. There were the Raptors, short-handed without Bosh and Calderon, their top two players. Their best player in the last couple games, Joey Graham goes down to injury (shin contusion) and the Spurs big 3 of Duncan, Parker and Ginobili were in top form, combining for 74 of the Spurs' 89 points..

Enter Roko Ukic. He had recently lost his position as regular backup point guard to a non-point guard in Anthony Parker. With Calderon out with a gimpy hamstring, Ukic moved up the depth chart back to backup and boy did he deliver. Roko went 9-13 from the field for 22 points including a late corner 3 and the driving go ahead bucket in the lane to help give the Raptors a 91-89 win over a streaking Spurs team.

In the grand scheme of things, this game didn't mean a whole lot to either team. Sure the Spurs let one get away, but no question they'll be in the thick of the championship hunt come playoff time (after all, it is an odd year). And the Raps will either be lottery bound or squeak into the playoffs only to get destroyed by one of the East's elite teams.

But going forward, the Raps may finally have a reliable backup point guard in Ukic. In addition, Andrea Bargnani, who struggled early, showed a little star potential. He consistently took it to Duncan and the Spurs and down the stretch, did not hesitate to take the big shots. Here's hoping for more efforts like this from the Raps after the All-star break and beyond!

 (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images)

Raptors 110, Timberwolves 102

• Joey Graham started out strong with 11 pts and 3 rebounds in the first quarter
• The Raptors led 23-16 after the first holding the Timberwolves to 33% shooting
• After a bad second quarter, the Raps got it going as Jason Kapono hit some big threes to get within one
• Great fourth quarter by the Raps outscoring the Wolves 37-22 as their strategy of feeding the ball down low to J.O. paid off
• J.O. got points in the paint to get up 104-96 and then another basket to get up 106-98
• Joey Graham and J.O. played some big minutes, 38 and 42 minutes respectively to lead the Raps
• Jason Kapono had 18 points off ot the bench to help the Raps rally back into the game after trailing to the Wolves
• J.O. finished with 22 points & 8 rebounds
• Joey Graham tied his career high with 24 points along with 6 rebounds
• Raps shot 53% from the floor and had 31 bench points vs. the Wolves' 14

• The Timberwolves went on a 15-2 run in the second with Ryan Gomes nailing a three to get up 42-41
• The Wolves led 48-41 at the half, Randy Foye had a good first half with 17 pts
• Wolves outscored the Raptors 32-18 in the second quarter
• Randy Foye finished with 33 points and 8 rebounds, which was a career high
• All of the Wolves starters were in double figures
• In other bad news, Chris Bosh decided to sit out this year's all-star game due to injury, he was replaced by Cleveland's Mo Williams