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Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat

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7-19, 1-12 Away
Final
104 - 114

13-10, 8-4 Home

Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro help the Heat beat the Raptors 114-104 for 4th straight victory

Ochai Agbaji posterizes his own Raptors teammate

Tyler Herro led Miami with 23 points, Nikola Jovic added 14 and Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith each had 11.

Gradey Dick scored 22 points, and Jake Poetl added 16 for the Raptors. Team scoring leader RJ Barrett had a triple-double with 13 points — on 5-of-18 shooting — and 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Toronto is 1-12 on the road.

Takeaways Raptors: Toronto started its second extended stretch without Scottie Barnes on Thursday. Barnes sprained his right ankle against New York on Monday night. He missed 11 games earlier this season because of an orbital fracture.

Heat: Miami converted 13 of 32 3-pointers. Herro was 4 of 7.

Key moment Down 16 three minutes into the second quarter, Miami outscored Toronto 33-10 the rest of the first half. Jovic scored 11 points, hitting two 3-pointers, during the surge.

Key stat The Heat outrebounded the Raptors 52-42. They also had double-digit rebound advantages in the other homestand wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix and Cleveland.

Up next Both teams are back in action Monday night. The Raptors host Chicago, while the Heat are at Detroit.

Regular Season Series

MIA leads series 2-1

Matchup Prediction

Heat: 83.5%
Raptors: 16.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 104 - 114
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 104 - 114
4th 11.1 shot clock turnover 104 - 114
4th 11.1 Heat offensive team rebound 104 - 114
4th 11.1 Jaime Jaquez Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper 104 - 114

Statistics

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41-92 FG 40-83
44.6 Field Goal % 48.2
11-32 3PT 13-32
34.4 Three Point % 40.6
11-15 FT 21-32
73.3 Free Throw % 65.6
42 Rebounds 52
9 Offensive Rebounds 11
33 Defensive Rebounds 41
29 Assists 21
8 Steals 4
5 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 2
12 Total Turnovers 17
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 23
19 Fast Break Points 5
56 Points in Paint 52
24 Fouls 11
16 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

Kaseya Center

Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,600 · Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 28 12 .700 - L1
New York 27 15 .643 2 W1
Philadelphia 15 24 .385 12.5 L4
Brooklyn 14 27 .341 14.5 L1
Toronto 10 31 .244 18.5 W2

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando - 19 L1 0.54761904 23
Atlanta 1 19 W2 0.525 21
Miami 1.5 19 L2 0.51282054 20
Charlotte 11.5 28 W1 0.24324325 9
Washington 15.5 33 L8 0.15384616 6
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