Raptors revive, Heat sink

He was just eliminated from the NBA Cup, Heat etc Raptors they found themselves in Florida to continue the “traditional” season. An important sports meeting, since both teams had four consecutive defeats.

Finally, it is a series of Toronto which is coming to an end, since the teammates from Brandon Ingram (28 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists) came in the knockout (106-96) Miamiheld for the first time this season below the 100-point mark. Despite 20 units of Bam Adebayo etc Norman Powellthis match also marked the outing with an injury to Nikola Jović (elbow).

To find a winner in this game, we had to wait until the fourth quarter. The moment chosen by the Raptors, authors 32-19 during the period, to let go on offense and pull out the barbed wire on defense. With a series of 17-2, the Heat were on the ropes, and the Canadians managed to finish the ten-point deficit. Even if the final “and-one” took Scotty Barnes 35 seconds from the end to finally catch his breath.

A must-win for the Toronto players, aided all night by 3-point skill (16/40) and a fairly influential bench, while Miami’s players, collectively less and less attractive, prepare to play three times with morale at an all-time low and an infirmary that is slowly but surely filling up.

TO BE REMEMBERED

– Toronto Imperial in the fourth quarter. All in all, the races continued for three quarters, with each team consistently matching the other and keeping both sides level. Then the Raptors attacked the last act from the right side, Immanuel Quickley initiated a 9-0 run, and Jamal Shead took an 8-0 lead. The Heat tried to come back, with Bama Adebio and then Norman Powell, but the hardest part was done and the duo of Brandon Ingram – Scotty Barnes took it upon themselves to set up baskets that looked like club shots, to put an end to the Canadians’ four consecutive defeats.

– Miami loses for the fifth time in a row. The Heat are in trouble and this defeat, the fifth in a row, proves it. It’s been five games since the offense went down in South Beach (105 points on average, compared to 124 before that), and last night Erik Spoelstra’s men broke their teeth against a Raptors defense led by the ever-present Scotty Barnes. Comfortable in the fast game, they suffered in the set game, sometimes only creating an illusion by going to the free throw line, and the turnover is repeated with the ball or on 3-pointers. Without Tyler Hero, neither Bam Adebayo nor Norman Powell could have saved the furniture.

– Care for Nikola Jovic. A difficult scene in Miami, when Nikola Jović left the floor with his right arm immobilized in a large splint. It was launched by Jaime Jaquez Jr. on the counter-attack, and fell badly after being balanced in the air by Collin Murray-Boiles, who came to challenge his shot. At first we thought the Serbian would have to be evacuated on a stretcher, but he finally managed to get up and return to the locker room on his own two feet (without replaying, of course). We just have to wait for the first medical verdict regarding his elbow.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Difference of points when the player is on the field; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.