, Miami (8-0) and Boston (7-0) are the only NBA teams yet to lose at home this season.Miami also won at Milwaukee on Oct. 26, a 131-126 overtime victory. The Heat are the only road team to beat the Bucks this season.Lowry returned after missing 11 games because of a fractured left thumb. The five-time All-Star missed his first 11 shot attempts, including seven from 3-point range, before making a layup with 8:40 to go in the fourth. He finished 2 for 18, including 0 for 11 from 3-point range. Lowry had 12 points and 11 assists in 41 minutes.Toronto trailed 107-100 after Winslow’s layup with 1:59 to go in the fourth. Powell hit a 3, Lowry made a pair at the line and, after a missed jumper by Winslow, Powell connected from the corner to give the Raptors a 108-107 lead, their first of the final quarter.Butler tied it by splitting a pair of free throws and Siakam had his shot blocked at the other end, giving the Heat the ball with just under 20 seconds remaining. Miami advanced the ball before coach Erik Spoelstra called timeout with 9.3 seconds to go. Butler pulled up for a 3 over Powell, but his shot bounced off the rim, sending it to overtime.TIP-INSHeat: Miami was without guard Goran Dragic (strained right groin). Dragic, who was injured in the first half of Sunday’s win at Brooklyn, is also expected to miss Wednesday’s game in Boston. … G Dion Waiters was in uniform for the first time this season. Waiters was suspended for 11 of the Heat’s first 18 games, costing him about $920,000, pending appeals.Raptors: Toronto swept the season series against Miami last season, just the second time it has done so. … Lowry missed all eight of his field goal attempts in the first half, including five shots from 3-point range. His only points came on a pair of free throws with 3:40 left in the second. … The Raptors went 9-2 without Lowry.UP NEXTHeat: At Boston on Wednesday.Raptors: Host Houston on Thursday.---More NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Dec 02, 2019The Miami Heat continue their testing three-game road trip Tuesday night against the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors.Both teams are coming off impressive victories on Sunday.The Heat opened their trip with a 109-106 win over the Brooklyn Nets with Goran Dragic scoring 24 points.The Raptors started a three-game homestand with a 130-110 rout of the Utah Jazz to go 9-0 at home and extend their overall win streak to seven. Pascal Siakam scored 35 points.Trailing by seven with 1:45 to play, the Heat scored the final 10 points of the game in Brooklyn as they went 8 of 9 from the free-throw line during this stretch.The Nets missed their final five shots of the game against strong defense from Heat center Bam Adebayo and forward Jimmy Butler."I like this win, because, one, it's on the road," said Butler, who had 20 points. "But I think we finally showed ourselves what we're capable of when we guard. When we don't make shots the way that we normally make shots, there's still a way to win, and we have to find that way to win. Tonight was a prime example of it." Miami committed a season-low nine turnovers."We've been talking about it for 48 hours that we need to take a stand, particularly on the road," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Find a game where we have to grind, even if it's ugly, to show the mental toughness." Meanwhile, the Raptors used a 23-2 first-quarter run to open a 77-37 halftime lead on Sunday against the Jazz. The 40-point margin was the highest at the intermission in franchise history. It was the largest halftime deficit in Jazz franchise history and tied for the eighth-largest halftime lead in NBA history.Serge Ibaka scored 13 points for Toronto on Sunday after missing 10 games with a sprained ankle."When he is cooking and going, he becomes a great presence on defense and his offense has been really solid this year," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.Kyle Lowry is expected to return soon from a fractured thumb. He has missed 11 games, in which the Raptors are 9-2."It's just a matter of plugging guys in that haven't played and those guys have been playing unbelievable," Raptors guard Fred VanVleet said after scoring 21 points with 11 assists Sunday. "Not really surprised, more so just pleased with how we've been playing and something we need to continue to do and we are about a quarter of the way in, so we've got to continue to keep building and getting better. Once everybody gets back, that will probably be our real challenge, to start back over and try to find chemistry and minutes." The Jazz cut the lead in half with a 49-point third quarter."We just weren't coming up with any stops -- but I don't really want to talk about that third quarter, if that's all right," Nurse said. "I am happy that we get a 20-point win against a quality team like that. You take that every day of the week." The Raptors won all four games between the teams last season. Miami took the season series 2-1 in 2017-18. The Heat are 6-5 this season on the road.--Field Level Media
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