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04/07 20:59 CDT Raptors roll past Heat 121-95, an outcome that locks Miami into
the play-in tournament
Raptors roll past Heat 121-95, an outcome that locks Miami into the play-in
tournament
TORONTO (AP) --- Scottie Barnes scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram finished with
23 and the Toronto Raptors beat Miami 121-95 on Tuesday night, an outcome that
locked the Heat into the play-in tournament for a fourth consecutive season.
Jakob Poeltl scored 17 points for the Raptors (44-35), who moved within a game
of idle Atlanta for the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.
Toronto is aiming for its first playoff trip since 2022 and leads Philadelphia
(43-36) by one game in the race for the sixth and final guaranteed berth in the
East.
RJ Barrett scored 16 and Jamal Shead had 11 assists off the bench for Toronto.
A 19-2 run by the Raptors in the first half turned a two-point deficit into a
13-point lead, and Toronto maintained the double-digit margin virtually the
entire rest of the way.
Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points for Miami (41-38), which now likely needs to
win its final three games to have any realistic chance of escaping the No. 10
seed going into the play-in tournament for a second consecutive year.
Tyler Herro and Norman Powell each scored 14 for the Heat. Bam Adebayo --- who
had an 83-point game for Miami last month against Washington --- was held to
seven points on 2-for-14 shooting, and the Heat lost for the ninth time in
their last 12 games.
Toronto improved to 3-0 against the Heat this season. The Raptors have swept
Miami in a season series only twice before --- going 4-0 against the Heat in
2007-08 and 2018-19 --- and will aim to do so again on Thursday when the teams
finish a two-game series in Toronto.
The Raptors improved to 13-4 against Southeast Division teams this season.
Up next The teams play again Thursday in Toronto. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba |
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