Raptors
Toronto
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
49
31
80
3320
2992
20
9
45
85
35
41
24
17
71
32
12
44
4
14
10
15
24
96
4
55
22
40
2223
1010
45
55
45
82
107
24
131
20
35
13
35
2627
6060
64
23
36
2218
78
4
212
17
8
96
24
120
11
33
33
34
1726
6060
5
2
40
22
10
45
5
4
80
10
2
12
2
3
1
3
26
60
5
2
40
23
10
43
5
5
100
7
4
11
0
5
3
5
27
60
6
2
33
22
7
32
2
1
50
9
2
11
1
3
3
3
17
60
4
3
75
18
8
44
12
7
58
6
4
10
1
3
3
4
26
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DeMar
DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan
True
37
14
32
44
0
1
0
10
11
91
1
5
6
2
1
1
6
1
38
0
none
Kyle
Lowry
Kyle Lowry
True
35
5
14
36
1
5
20
1
5
20
1
6
7
6
2
0
5
4
12
0
none
Serge
Ibaka
Serge Ibaka
True
30
4
9
44
3
5
60
0
0
0
2
7
9
0
0
1
1
6
11
7
none
Jonas
Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas
True
29
4
9
44
0
1
0
1
2
50
3
7
10
0
0
2
0
3
9
3
none
DeMarre
Carroll
DeMarre Carroll
True
22
2
4
50
2
3
67
1
2
50
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
7
-4
none
P.J.
Tucker
P.J. Tucker
False
27
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
0
3
0
0
3
0
4
none
Cory
Joseph
Cory Joseph
False
26
5
10
50
2
2
100
2
2
100
3
1
4
3
3
0
2
1
14
3
none
Patrick
Patterson
Patrick Patterson
False
21
1
5
20
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
none
Delon
Wright
Delon Wright
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
-2
none
Jakob
Pöltl
Jakob Pöltl
False
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
-4
none
Lucas
Nogueira
Lucas Nogueira
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Norman
Powell
Norman Powell
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Fred
VanVleet
Fred VanVleet
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
9
April
2017
Sunday
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Knicks
New York
False
Heat
Miami
Eastern Conference
Southeast
38
41
79
2869
3690
23
8
35
83
33
40
29
20
69
30
14
44
5
16
10
19
21
94
4
78
12
15
2222
510
23
96
82
85
87
45
132
01
34
33
36
1924
6060
26
14
54
1821
711
39
95
73
77
78
14
92
22
36
04
37
2229
6060
7
1
14
22
5
23
9
8
89
8
4
12
0
3
3
3
19
60
8
2
25
22
10
45
6
2
33
7
5
12
1
4
3
6
24
60
2
1
50
18
7
39
9
7
78
7
1
8
2
3
0
3
22
60
6
4
67
21
11
52
5
3
60
8
4
12
2
6
4
7
29
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James
Johnson
James Johnson
True
38
8
17
47
1
5
20
5
8
62
2
8
10
3
3
2
4
1
22
-2
double
Josh
Richardson
Josh Richardson
True
36
4
12
33
2
4
50
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
3
1
2
3
10
-1
none
Goran
Dragić
Goran Dragić
True
35
6
14
43
0
2
0
6
8
75
1
0
1
1
1
0
4
3
18
-9
none
Hassan
Whiteside
Hassan Whiteside
True
27
4
14
29
0
0
0
4
6
67
4
6
10
2
0
0
2
5
12
2
double
Rodney
McGruder
Rodney McGruder
True
26
4
9
44
0
2
0
1
1
100
2
3
5
2
0
0
3
1
9
-1
none
Tyler
Johnson
Tyler Johnson
False
25
2
7
29
1
3
33
4
4
100
0
5
5
2
1
2
1
3
9
7
none
Wayne
Ellington
Wayne Ellington
False
20
4
5
80
4
5
80
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
12
-1
none
Willie
Reed
Willie Reed
False
15
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
6
9
1
0
0
2
4
2
-7
none
Okaro
White
Okaro White
False
14
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
none
Luke
Babbitt
Luke Babbitt
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Udonis
Haslem
Udonis Haslem
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Dion
Waiters
Dion Waiters
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
8
April
2017
Saturday
Verizon Center
Washington
Wizards
Washington
False
The Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat , 96 - 94 , at Air Canada Centre on Friday night . The Raptors ( 49 - 31 ) came in with a playoff berth assured but also seeking to stay locked into the third seed in the Eastern Conference . Meanwhile , the Heat 's ( 38 - 41 ) postseason aspirations were in a much more precarious position , as they came into the night hanging on to the seventh seed by a thread . As it turned out , the team with a bit less to lose played with more urgency , as Toronto jumped out to a 26 - 19 first - quarter lead . Miami did battle back throughout the second and third quarters , setting up a pivotal final 12 minutes . However , the Raptors did just enough to keep the Heat at bay , taking a 94 - 88 lead with 25 seconds left after a DeMar DeRozan basket . Wayne Ellington gave the visitors hope with a three - pointer , but a pair of DeRozan three - pointers with four seconds remaining gave the home squad a commanding 96 - 91 advantage . James Johnson led the way against his former teammates with 22 points , 10 rebounds , three assists , three steals and two blocks . Goran Dragic followed with 18 points , one rebound , one assist and one steal . Hassan Whiteside posted a 12 - point , 10 - rebound double - double that also included two assists . Ellington matched Whiteside 's scoring total off the bench and added one rebound , one assist and one steal . Josh Richardson totaled 10 points , four assists , two rebounds , three steals and one block . Rodney McGruder filled out the stat sheet with nine points , five rebounds and two assists . DeRozan paced Toronto with a game - high 38 points , which he supplemented with six boards , two assists , one steal and one block . Cory Joseph followed as a distant second with a bench - leading 14 points , along with four boards , three assists and three steals . Kyle Lowry filled out the stat sheet with 12 points , seven rebounds , six assists and two steals . Serge Ibaka had a near double - double with 11 points , nine rebounds and one block . Jonas Valanciunas mustered a modest nine points but hauled in 10 boards . The Heat next head to the Nation 's Capital to do battle with the Washington Wizards on Saturday evening , while the Raptors head to New York to tangle with the Knicks on Sunday afternoon .
The Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat, 96 - 94, at Air Canada Centre on Friday night. The Raptors (49 - 31) came in with a playoff berth assured but also seeking to stay locked into the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Heat's (38 - 41) postseason aspirations were in a much more precarious position, as they came into the night hanging on to the seventh seed by a thread. As it turned out, the team with a bit less to lose played with more urgency, as Toronto jumped out to a 26 - 19 first - quarter lead. Miami did battle back throughout the second and third quarters, setting up a pivotal final 12 minutes. However, the Raptors did just enough to keep the Heat at bay, taking a 94 - 88 lead with 25 seconds left after a DeMar DeRozan basket. Wayne Ellington gave the visitors hope with a three - pointer, but a pair of DeRozan three - pointers with four seconds remaining gave the home squad a commanding 96 - 91 advantage. James Johnson led the way against his former teammates with 22 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks. Goran Dragic followed with 18 points, one rebound, one assist and one steal. Hassan Whiteside posted a 12 - point, 10 - rebound double - double that also included two assists. Ellington matched Whiteside's scoring total off the bench and added one rebound, one assist and one steal. Josh Richardson totaled 10 points, four assists, two rebounds, three steals and one block. Rodney McGruder filled out the stat sheet with nine points, five rebounds and two assists. DeRozan paced Toronto with a game - high 38 points, which he supplemented with six boards, two assists, one steal and one block. Cory Joseph followed as a distant second with a bench - leading 14 points, along with four boards, three assists and three steals. Kyle Lowry filled out the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. Serge Ibaka had a near double - double with 11 points, nine rebounds and one block. Jonas Valanciunas mustered a modest nine points but hauled in 10 boards. The Heat next head to the Nation's Capital to do battle with the Washington Wizards on Saturday evening, while the Raptors head to New York to tangle with the Knicks on Sunday afternoon.
The Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat, 96 - 94, at Air Canada Centre on Friday night. The Raptors (49 - 31) came in with a playoff berth assured but also seeking to stay locked into the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Heat's (38 - 41) postseason aspirations were in a much more precarious position, as they came into the night hanging on to the seventh seed by a thread. As it turned out, the team with a bit less to lose played with more urgency, as Toronto jumped out to a 26 - 19 first - quarter lead. Miami did battle back throughout the second and third quarters, setting up a pivotal final 12 minutes. However, the Raptors did just enough to keep the Heat at bay, taking a 94 - 88 lead with 25 seconds left after a DeMar DeRozan basket. Wayne Ellington gave the visitors hope with a three - pointer, but a pair of DeRozan three - pointers with four seconds remaining gave the home squad a commanding 96 - 91 advantage. James Johnson led the way against his former teammates with 22 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks. Goran Dragic followed with 18 points, one rebound, one assist and one steal. Hassan Whiteside posted a 12 - point, 10 - rebound double - double that also included two assists. Ellington matched Whiteside's scoring total off the bench and added one rebound, one assist and one steal. Josh Richardson totaled 10 points, four assists, two rebounds, three steals and one block. Rodney McGruder filled out the stat sheet with nine points, five rebounds and two assists. DeRozan paced Toronto with a game - high 38 points, which he supplemented with six boards, two assists, one steal and one block. Cory Joseph followed as a distant second with a bench - leading 14 points, along with four boards, three assists and three steals. Kyle Lowry filled out the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. Serge Ibaka had a near double - double with 11 points, nine rebounds and one block. Jonas Valanciunas mustered a modest nine points but hauled in 10 boards. The Heat next head to the Nation's Capital to do battle with the Washington Wizards on Saturday evening, while the Raptors head to New York to tangle with the Knicks on Sunday afternoon.
<GAME> <DATE> 7 April 2017 <DAY> Friday <STADIUM> Air Canada Centre <CITY> Toronto <HOME> <TEAM> Raptors <CITY> Toronto <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 96 <WINS-LOSSES> 49 31 <QTRS> 26 27 17 26 <TEAM-AST> 14 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 17 <TEAM-REB> 44 <TEAM-TO> 15 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 9 April 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Sunday <NEXT-STADIUM> Madison Square Garden <NEXT-CITY> New York City <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New York <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Knicks <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Heat <CITY> Miami <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 94 <WINS-LOSSES> 38 41 <QTRS> 19 24 22 29 <TEAM-AST> 16 <3PT> 8 <TEAM-FG> 33 <TEAM-FT> 20 <TEAM-REB> 44 <TEAM-TO> 19 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 8 April 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Verizon Center <NEXT-CITY> Washington <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Washington <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Wizards <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> DeMar DeRozan <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 38 <FG> 14 32 44 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 10 11 91 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 6 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cory Joseph <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 14 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Lowry <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 14 36 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 1 5 20 <REB> 7 <AST> 6 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Serge Ibaka <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonas Valančiūnas <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 10 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> DeMarre Carroll <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Patterson <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Delon Wright <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Fred VanVleet <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Norman Powell <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lucas Nogueira <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jakob Pöltl <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> P. J. Tucker <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Johnson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 22 <FG> 8 17 47 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 5 8 62 <REB> 10 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Goran Dragić <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 18 <FG> 6 14 43 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 6 8 75 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Wayne Ellington <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 5 80 <FG3> 4 5 80 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Hassan Whiteside <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 14 29 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 10 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 4 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Josh Richardson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Johnson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 9 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Rodney McGruder <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Willie Reed <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dion Waiters <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Udonis Haslem <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luke Babbitt <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Okaro White <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none