The Wolves are finding their groove offensively, beating the Raptors in their home opener

The Timberwolves offense was often disjointed in the first two games against the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, especially early on, with both games featuring poor ball movement and turnover-filled first quarters.

That couldn’t have been further from the case on Saturday night.

The Timberwolves offense fired on all cylinders early on, from moving the ball to making shots to taking care of the basketball. The Timberwolves opened the game on a 16-3 run and never looked back from there in a 112-101 win over the Toronto Raptors in their home opener at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday evening.

It was a different story for the Wolves (2-1), who played with tempo and moved the ball in flow. Now, it was against a depleted Raptors team without RJ Barrett and playing in the second half of a back-to-back, but the stark contrast between the disjointed, turnover-heavy offenses of the first two games was encouraging nonetheless.

The Raptors (1-2) were never in the game after the Wolves’ hot start. Minnesota held a double-digit lead until early in the third quarter when Gradey Dick, who led Toronto with 25 points, grabbed the lead with eight points early in the quarter.

But the Wolves responded with a 13-0 run that included a pair of buckets from Jaden McDaniels, a steal and transition layup and a 3 from Edwards and a pair of free throws and a layup from Julius Randle. That pushed the Wolves’ nine-point lead to 22 at 78-56, and the Raptors didn’t get close again until late in the fourth quarter when Ochai Agbaji hit a 3 that made it 104- 96 Timberwolves with 2 minutes, 44 seconds left in the game.

But it was too little, too late, and Edwards hit a 3 to reach 7,000 career points.

The Wolves as a team finished with 29 assists and shot 47 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range. They made the most of their opportunities in transition, finishing with 21 fastbreak points and also had 13 second-chance points.

Randle produced another strong offense with 24 points and nine rebounds, and Donte DiVincenzo had his best game in a Wolves uniform with 16 points on 5-for-15 shooting. Edwards finished with 24 of points, six rebounds and four assists. Edwards hit his 800th career 3-pointer in the first quarter, becoming the youngest player ever to accomplish the feat. With the 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, Edwards became the fourth-youngest player to reach 7,000 career points.