Miami Heat Vs Toronto Raptors Imminent Postment As Heat Decries…find out
The Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors resume their seasons on Wednesday night in Toronto after a brief break in the action for the remaining In-Season NBA tournament teams.
The Miami heat decries the rate of injuries and sidelined players they have on their squad coming to this crucial match against a wounded raptors.
The Heat come into this matchup with a record of 11-9. The Raptors are 9-11 on the season and have dropped six of their last 10 games. The opening tap for Wednesday is scheduled.
The Miami Heat have been an inconsistent team to start the year. Last year’s Eastern Conference representatives in the NBA Finals, the Heat have gone just 11-9 thus far as they try to regain the magic that led them through the top two teams in the conference last year before falling to Denver in the Finals.
On Saturday night, the Heat ran into the NBA’s best offense and were run over by an amazing display of shooting in a 144-129 loss.
The Pacers would finish the game shooting 66% from the floor, good for second-best in franchise history.
It also marked the best shooting percentage the Heat have ever given up. Jimmy Butler led the way for the Heat with 33 points while Caleb Martin added 18.
The two teams ended up splitting back-to-back matchups with the Heat winning on Thursday night.
The Heat come into this matchup with the 17th-ranked scoring offense in the NBA.
They are 14th in field goal percentage and an impressive 3rd in 3-point field goal percentage. The Heat have not been their usual dominant selves on the defensive end this season.
They rank 12th in points allowed per game but just 23rd in defensive field goal percentage and 26th in 3-point defense.
The Heat are, as always, careful with the basketball as they rank 7th in the league in turnovers per game. They are, however, just 29th in the league in total rebounds.
Key Injuries: F Haywood Highsmith and SG Josh Richardson are day-to-day. C Bam Adebayo and SG Tyler Herro are out.
The Toronto Raptors return to action on Wednesday night hoping to turn around their recent fortunes. The Raptors come into this game losers of three of four games including a 119-106 loss to the Knicks on Friday night.
The Knicks offense was nearly flawless on the night with over 30 assists and excellent scoring off the bench. In fact, the Knicks’ bench outscored the Raptors’ bench 52-25 in the game.
Toronto was led by Scottie Barnes’ 29 points while Pascal Siakam chipped in with 21 points. The loss ended a three-game home win streak for the Raptors.
The Raptors will try and get back to their home winning ways on Wednesday against the Heat.
Toronto comes in ranked just 23rd in the NBA in scoring offense. The Raptors are 23rd in field goal percentage and just 28th in 3-point field goal percentage.
They have been better on the defensive end this season, ranking 13th in points allowed per game.
The Raptors are also 17th in field goal defense and 19th in 3-point defense thus far. The Raptors are 19th in turnovers per game this season as well. They have been above-average on the glass, ranking sixth in the NBA in total rebounds per game.